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micromania en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From micro + -mania.

Meanings

  1. (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

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A delusion that a body part has become small.
  2. (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)

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Antonyms

megalomania

Relateds

micromaniac