"monomath" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mono- (“one, single”) + Ancient Greek μάθη (máthē, “learning”), from μανθάνω (manthánō, “I learn”). Compare polymath.",
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          "ref": "1960, National Review, volume 8, page 52:",
          "text": "It is not a refuge for self-indulgent monomaths to channelize their aggressions within a community of colleagues and students.",
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          "ref": "2006 November 13, Michael Bywater, “Master of all trades”, in New Statesman:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2009, Edward Carr, \"The Last Days of the Polymath\", Intelligent Life, Autumn 2009",
          "text": "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."
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        "A person with an extensive knowledge of a single subject or field, but little knowledge of others."
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