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monomaniac



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I was that bore, that monomaniac, that moralizer—an idealist.

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 2019

Or was it describing vengeance obsessed Rudy Giuliani coached by a naive Bobby Wagner Jr. counseled by the monomaniac passions of a jilted erstwhile Parks Commissioner, Henry Stern, plotting his comeback?

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2017

Despite his fervour, anchoritic existence and frequent depiction as one-part Don Quixote, one-part Antoni Gaudí and one-part monomaniac, Gallego is very aware of how he is seen in the town and beyond.

From The Guardian Oct. 12, 2017

Chris Christie, who could theoretically be president someday, is a monomaniac.

From Slate Jan. 7, 2015

The jealous delusions of a monomaniac could scarcely have transformed Mr. Smith into a Cassio.

From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon




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