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  • noun Plural form of monomaniac.

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Examples

  • King: in Mildred's and in Thorold's, in the "Blot on the 'Scutcheon," it is that of subservience respectively to conventional morality and family pride (Lord Tresham, it may be added, is the most hopelessly monomaniacal of all Browning's "monomaniacs"): in Valence's, in

    Life of Robert Browning William Sharp 1880

  • It seemed like a place that gave monomaniacs a tannoy: so little space to say so little, Facebook for an older wastrel.

    Twitter looks chaotic: but don't be afraid 2011

  • His commtment to the abolition of slavery was all-encompassing, but it amounted to a monomania (certainly the John Brown that emerges from this novel could be described by such a term), and while monomaniacs can be powerful presences in works of fiction -- Captain Ahab comes to mind -- that power is what makes them memorable, not any complexities of character that might be revealed.

    A Force of Nature 2009

  • They might be monomaniacs, bed-wetters, bigots, or fanatics, they might be prosperous and complacent, and they might have a real hatred for the lower orders.

    Matthew Yglesias » Wonks and Teachers 2009

  • Her first impressions, she once wrote, were that Twitter "seemed like a place that gave monomaniacs a Tannoy."

    From Stephen Fry to Hugh Grant: The rise of the celebrity activist 2011

  • His commtment to the abolition of slavery was all-encompassing, but it amounted to a monomania (certainly the John Brown that emerges from this novel could be described by such a term), and while monomaniacs can be powerful presences in works of fiction -- Captain Ahab comes to mind -- that power is what makes them memorable, not any complexities of character that might be revealed.

    August 2009 2009

  • His commtment to the abolition of slavery was all-encompassing, but it amounted to a monomania (certainly the John Brown that emerges from this novel could be described by such a term), and while monomaniacs can be powerful presences in works of fiction -- Captain Ahab comes to mind -- that power is what makes them memorable, not any complexities of character that might be revealed.

    Point of View in Fiction 2009

  • His commtment to the abolition of slavery was all-encompassing, but it amounted to a monomania (certainly the John Brown that emerges from this novel could be described by such a term), and while monomaniacs can be powerful presences in works of fiction -- Captain Ahab comes to mind -- that power is what makes them memorable, not any complexities of character that might be revealed.

    Historical Fiction 2010

  • Many of them are monomaniacs who have made it their life's mission to defeat

    Walid Zafar: Newt Gingrich Joins Muslim-Baiting Movement 2010

  • Many of them are monomaniacs who have made it their life's mission to defeat

    Walid Zafar: Newt Gingrich Joins Muslim-Baiting Movement 2010

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