Michaelmania

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noun

Intense enthusiasm for American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer Michael Jackson.

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Meanings

nounMichaelmania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIntense enthusiasm for American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer Michael Jackson.

    "Michaelmania" had run at fever pitch from late 1982 through 1984. But in retrospect Michael was not the much-sought-after Presley or Beatles figure. By the late 1980s he was as "out" as he had been "in."

    1990, Joe Stuessy, Rock and Roll, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 371

Origin

From Michael + -mania.

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APA

Michaelmania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michaelmania

MLA

“Michaelmania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michaelmania. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Michaelmania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michaelmania.

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