monomania

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Preda likens AI-induced psychosis to monomania, a state of fixation on certain ideas, which he described in a recent article.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

It turns out you can pay a lot for the privilege of real-time “re-enactments,” and he does, commissioning a series of increasingly elaborate set pieces whose pursuit soon curdles into monomania.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

But it also has something to do with the 59-year-old Cruise’s close stewardship of his own superhuman image, a commitment that speaks to his talent as well as his monomania.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

Money plus monomania can make a guy crazy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

He could be generous and caring to a fault, but he had a darker side as well, characterized by monomania, impatience, and unwavering self-absorption, qualities that seemed to intensify through his college years.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer