automania
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automania
Where it comes from
From auto + -mania. Attested from the 20th century. Compare slightly earlier automaniac.
noun
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An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring.
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?
Similar: motormania
Talk about this word "automania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/automania. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. automania. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/automania "automania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/automania.Cite this
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title = {automania},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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