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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fad, strong interest |
| Synonyms: | chic, cry, enthusiasm, fashion, fever, furor, in thing, infatuation, kick*, mania, mode, monomania, newest wrinkle, novelty, passion, preoccupation, rage, the last word, the latest thing, trend, vogue, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mania |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ax to grind, bee in bonnet, bee, bug in ear, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, fixed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, monomania, obsession, on the brain, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger by the tail, tiger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | one-track mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mind set on one idea |
| Synonyms: | attraction, compulsion, fascination, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, monomania, obsession, passion, preoccupation, prepossession, ruling passion, single-mindedness, tunnel vision |
| Main Entry: | idée fixe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixed idea |
| Synonyms: | compulsion, fetish, fixation, infatuation, irresistible impulse, mania, monomania, obsession, obsessive compulsion, one-track mind, preoccupation |
| Main Entry: | tunnel vision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blind spot |
| Synonyms: | blind side, blinders, constricted vision, fixation, monomania, myopia, narrow outlook, narrowmindedness, obsession, one-track mind, shortsightedness |
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