oneitis
noun/wʌnˈaɪtɪs/
Etymology From one + -itis.
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Slang Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
- Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap.2008, Zander Martin, The Players:
- 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.2011, Neil Strauss, The Game and Rules of the Game: