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micromania

micromania noun: excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.

Noun (1)

micromania (uncountable)

  1. (dated, informal) 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

Noun (2)

micromania (usually uncountable, plural micromanias)

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

micromania meaning in Tamil

micromania in Tamil

நுணுகற்பாட்டு வெறி

Antonyms of micromania

Forms of micromania

pluralmicromanias

Origin of micromania

From micro + -mania.

From micro- + -mania.

Questions about micromania

What does micromania mean?
Micromania means excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
What is micromania in Tamil?
Micromania in Tamil is நுணுகற்பாட்டு வெறி. See Micromania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is micromania?
Micromania is a noun.
What is the plural of micromania?
The plural of micromania is micromanias.

Words near micromania in the dictionary

  1. micromanages
  2. micromanaging
  3. micromandible
  4. micromandibles
  5. micromandibular
  6. micromania
  7. micromaniac
  8. micromaniacs
  9. micromanias
  10. micromanic
  11. micromanifold

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