monoideisticadj.
/ˌmɒnəʊˌʌɪdɪˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnoʊˌaɪdiˈɪstɪk/ Chiefly Psychology.
Relating to, characterized by, or characteristic of monoideism.
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monomaniacal1833
monomaniac1836
monomanious1872
monoideistic1884
1884 Mind 9 502 When hypnotised,..nothing would induce him to carry a telegram... This repugnance really itself reached the mono-ideistic intensity.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience 525 Philosophy, with its passion for unity, and mysticism with its monoideistic bent, both ‘pass to the limit’ and identify the something with a unique God who is the all-inclusive soul of the world.
1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence II. 50 The history of philosophy shows that the mono-ideistic thinkers..were the victims of an environment or an age itself overwrought, one-sided and extreme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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