Micromania

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers. dated, informal, uncountable

    "Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?"

  2. 2
    A delusion that a body part has become small. obsolete, uncountable, usually
  3. 3
    An extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements. uncountable, usually

    "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."

Example

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"Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From micro + -mania.

Etymology 2

From micro- + -mania.

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