monoideismn.
/ˌmɒnəʊʌɪˈdiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌmɑnoʊˌaɪˈdiˌɪz(ə)m/ Chiefly Psychology.
Concentration of the mind, or fixation of the attention, on one idea, esp. as a form of monomania or a hypnotic condition.
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monomania1815
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pantophobia1857
monoideism1860
monophobia1880
monopsychosis1883
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monoideism1860
1860 R. Fowler Med. Vocab. Mono-ideism, that artificially induced condition in which the acts of the mind, sensation, and motion, may be completely governed by means of suggestive ideas—the individual being conscious.—Braid.
1885 E. Gurney & F. W. H. Myers in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 3 407 It is observed that the mental condition of hypnotised ‘subjects’ is often one of marked mono-ideism—of strong and one-sided attention.
1890 tr. T. A. Ribot Psychol. of Attention iii. 96 This higher form of ecstasy may at times reach the state of complete, absolute monoideism, that is, the state of perfect unity of consciousness.
1907 Athenæum 2 Mar. 258/1 Monoïdeism in science is always a present peril.
1966 D. W. Abse Hysteria viii. 116 It was essentially a narrowing of the attention, or a ‘monoideism’..that ushered in the hypnotic trance.
1988 Amer. Q. 40 474 The main symptom of the twilight state is the subject's suggestibility, which generates the vivid monoideism of the dream.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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