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偏狂 (へんきょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

偏へん狂きょう

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Meanings

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na-adjective, noun

monomania; monomaniac

A somewhat literary or technical term for an obsessive fixation on a single idea or subject. Can refer to the condition or a person with it.

彼かれは偏へん狂きょう的てきなまでに切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅうに没ぼっ頭とうしている。
He is obsessed with stamp collecting to the point of monomania.
その発はつ明めい家かは偏へん狂きょうと言いわれるほど一ひとつの研けん究きゅうに打うち込

Kanji

偏partial, side, left-side radical
狂lunatic, insane, crazy

Similar words

偏へん執しゅう病びょう
偏執病 is an older term for paranoia, while 偏狂 specifically refers to monomania, an obsessive focus on one thing.
モノマニア
The loanword モノマニア is more common in modern casual contexts, while 偏狂 is a Sino-Japanese term with a more literary or clinical feel.

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 偏 (へん, 'biased, leaning') and 狂 (きょう, 'madness, insanity'), literally 'biased madness'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely entered Japanese as a translation of the Western psychological term 'monomania'.

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The inventor devoted himself to a single line of research to the extent that he was called a monomaniac.