oneitis

See also: one-itis

English

Etymology

From one +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʌnˈaɪtɪs/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

oneitis (uncountable)

1. (slang) Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
   • 2008, Zander Martin, The Players:

     Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap.

   • 2011, Neil Strauss, The Game and Rules of the Game:

     But in the past eight months, I hadn't felt even a tremor of oneitis. In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable.

Usage notes

• Sometimes associated with the manosphere in a negative way.

Anagrams

• inosite, sinoite