Automania

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring. US, uncountable

    "There seems to be need of a term to designate these new terrors of our streets, those speed crazed paranoiacs who are now doing so much to bring the automobile into disrepute.[…] Why not adopt the name “automania” for the disease and the automaniac to designate the person afflicted by it?"

Synonyms

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motormania

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"There seems to be need of a term to designate these new terrors of our streets, those speed crazed paranoiacs who are now doing so much to bring the automobile into disrepute.[…] Why not adopt the name “automania” for the disease and the automaniac to designate the person afflicted by it?"

Etymology

From auto + -mania. Attested from the 20th century. Compare slightly earlier automaniac.

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motor vehicle

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