Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monomath

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mono-math
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person with an extensive knowledge of a single subject or field, but little knowledge of others.

Example Sentences

"It is not a refuge for self-indulgent monomaths to channelize their aggressions within a community of colleagues and students."
"We don't like polymaths any more. Perhaps it's because even being a monomath is too difficult now; even specialists specialise only in a small subset of their specialty, and learning is an either/or business."
"Posner first made his name as a monomath. “I had a very big intellectual commitment for many years to anti-trust law. I wrote a lot about that.” Eventually, though, the polymath rose to the surface and he put anti-trust behind him."

Etymology

From mono- (“one, single”) + Ancient Greek μάθη (máthē, “learning”), from μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare polymath.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μάθη

Inflected Forms

monomaths (plural)

Derived Forms

monomathic

Frequently Paired Words

automath opsimath polymath

Synonyms

specialist

Questions

What does monomath mean?: A person with an extensive knowledge of a single subject or field, but little knowledge of others.
Where does monomath come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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