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motormania

motormania noun: synonym of automania (“enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring”).

Noun

motormania (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of automania (“enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring”).
    • It is good that the beginnings of a reaction from the worst of motor-mania are bringing the uninitiated back on to the narrow gauge just for the novelty of the experience, but the concern that can also sell a view of unrivalled mountain scenery is in a much more powerful position.1957 June, R. K. Kirkland, “Passenger to Penrhyndeudraeth”, in Railway Magazine, page 392
    Synonyms:
    automania

Synonyms of motormania

Origin of motormania

From motor + -mania.

Questions about motormania

What does motormania mean?
Motormania means synonym of automania (“enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring”).
What part of speech is motormania?
Motormania is a noun.

Words near motormania in the dictionary

  1. motorlessness
  2. motorlike
  3. motorman
  4. motorman's friend
  5. motorman's friends
  6. motormania
  7. motormen
  8. motormouth
  9. motormouthed
  10. motormouthing
  11. motormouths

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