Difference between subject and monomania
Definitions
noun
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
verb
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
adjective
- possibly accepting or permitting
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Examples
They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
The performance had the legislature, including the subjects of the barbs, rocking with laughter.
There will always be debate about who deserves honours, all of it highly subjective.
Definitions
noun
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
Examples
Sometimes it manifests itself in the milder forms of hallucination, or monomania, but in the majority of cases, the patient sinks into a despondent hypochondria, which is many times followed, sooner or later, by a raving mania.
James Franco has been my favorite in these films; it's obvious he's had enormous fun playing the character who goes from high school flunker to monomaniacal business mogul.
He felt genuine awe at this superhuman man, at once so puissant, so self-possessed, so monomaniac in his demeanour.
