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- noun A person with an
extensive knowledge of a singlesubject orfield , but little knowledge of others.
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faraway commented on the word monomath
monomath noun. "A person who knows a lot about one thing, and very little about anything else. (The opposite of a polymath.)" See Word Spy:
http://www.wordspy.com/words/monomath.asp
September 2, 2007
jbnv commented on the word monomath
There are some potential variations of this word that I would like to propose.
Monomathy: The act of focusing on one area of study to the exclusion of others. (In a world in which knowledge is multiplying exponentially, one may have to do this to keep his sanity!)
Monomathist: A person who focuses on one area of study to the exclusion of others.
Hypermonomathy: Extreme monomathy; monomathy that is unhealthy.
September 18, 2015
ry commented on the word monomath
this reminds me of The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. from a few years back.
September 18, 2015