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tulip mania

tulip mania noun: any asset bubble (such as a stock bubble), especially when the irony of human folly that it illustrates is being emphasized. Also the alternative form of tulipomania.

Noun

tulip mania (countable and uncountable, plural tulip manias)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Any asset bubble (such as a stock bubble), especially when the irony of human folly that it illustrates is being emphasized.
    • It remains to be seen whether the current valuations in certain sectors will turn out to be a tulip mania.

Also used as

tulip mania is also the alternative form of tulipomania.

Forms of tulip mania

pluraltulip manias

Origin of tulip mania

From tulip + mania.

Questions about tulip mania

What does tulip mania mean?
Tulip mania means any asset bubble (such as a stock bubble), especially when the irony of human folly that it illustrates is being emphasized.
What part of speech is tulip mania?
Tulip mania is a noun.
What is the plural of tulip mania?
The plural of tulip mania is tulip manias.

Words near tulip mania in the dictionary

  1. tulip
  2. tulip bulb
  3. tulip bulbs
  4. tulip glass
  5. tulip glasses
  6. tulip mania
  7. tulip manias
  8. tulip orchid
  9. tulip plum
  10. tulip poplar
  11. tulip poplars

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