Monothematic

But of course there is no contingency in novels, only writing and plot, and the point of this twist of events, I think, has less to do with punishment of any kind, of the self or of others, than with what the narrator calls the "monothematic" nature of pain and humiliation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are three types: monothematic, polythematic with different points, varying in number from three to 11, and polythematic with the reappearance of earlier points. ❋ Lu (2009)

By reference to monothematic delusions, Max Coltheart explains the two main factors involved in the formation of delusions as follows: ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

This impairment is the same in all people with monothematic delusions. ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

Other examples of monothematic delusions often referred to in the philosophical literature are Capgras and Cotard. ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

Thus, a person who systematically fails to recognize her image in the mirror and comes to think that there is a person identical to her following her around (as in mirrored-self misidentification), but has no other unusual beliefs, has a monothematic delusion. ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

“Schizophrenia and monothematic delusions,” Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33 (3): ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

In counter point, can you cite examples where a third party candidate with a monothematic platform received a significant percentage of the vote and one or both of the major parties did not adjust their platforms accordingly? ❋ Unknown (2007)

And I believe it was the first monothematic film score. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Considering that the monothematic Green party can mainly be just a temporary shelter for dissatisfied Liberal and NDP voters, the answer is restricted to these two parties and, in a two-party system, one of them will go. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The top-down thesis about delusion formation has been proposed especially for monothematic delusions such as Capgras (Campbell 2001; Eilan 2000) and for delusions of passivity, when people report that there are external influences on their thoughts and actions (Sass 1994; Graham and Stephens 1994; ❋ Bortolotti, Lisa (2009)

"When Laura was made, the more Romantic-sounding Viennese guys dominated Hollywood music [Preminger, too, was a 'Viennese guy,' in theater], like Alfred Newman, the studio head of music, whom David had asked, 'Will it work?' referring to Laura, because monothematic scoring was so new. ❋ Unknown (2009)