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micromania¹

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From micro + -mania.

noun

  1. dated, informal, uncountable Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers. Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?

micromania²

Where it comes from

From micro- + -mania.

noun micromanias

  1. obsolete, uncountable, usually A delusion that a body part has become small.
  2. uncountable, 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.

    Opposite: megalomania

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@misc{micromania_2026,
  title = {micromania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/micromania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}