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monomath noun. A person who knows a lot about one thing, and very little about anything else. (The opposite of a polymath.)

Related Word:
False Authority Syndrome

Subject Category:
Sociology - People

Posted on October 14, 1996 at 12:22 PM
Updated on October 14, 1996 at 12:22 PM


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