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micromania en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From micro + -mania.
Meanings
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(dated, informal, uncountable) Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?
1982, Current, volumes 1-2, page 58:Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]
1984, Computer Decisions, volume 16, page 70:
Relateds
micromaniac
micromania en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
From micro- + -mania.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) A delusion that a body part has become small.
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(uncountable, usually) An extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements.
Actually, when the I-God is universalized, as it is in my book, the whole God concept becomes one of humbleness, weakness, and inferiority, a micromania rather than a megalomania.
Jacob L. Moreno, Zerka T. Moreno, Psychodrama (volume 3, page 25)
Forms
Antonyms
megalomania
Relateds
micromaniac