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偏執狂 (henshitsukyou) Japanese meaning: monomania | Kotomora
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He is absorbed in a single research topic like a monomaniac.
In old psychiatry, the diagnosis 'monomania' was used.
Kanji 偏 partial, side, left-side radical 執 tenacious, take hold, grasp Related words モノマニア More common modern loanword for 'monomania', used in both clinical and casual contexts.
妄もう 想そう 性せい 障しょう 害がい Modern clinical term for delusional disorder, which may cover some conditions once called monomania.
Etymology Compound of 偏執 (henshitsu/henshū, 'obsession; bigotry') + 狂 (kyō, 'madness; mania'). The reading へんしゅう is a variant of へんしつ. The term is a Meiji-era translation of Western psychiatric 'monomania'.
