automaniac

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noun

A person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.

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Meanings

automaniac1

nounautomaniac (plural automaniacs)

plural automaniacs

  1. A person who is self-involved to the point of mental illness.

automaniac2

nounautomaniac (plural automaniacs)

plural automaniacs

  1. An enthusiast of automobiles and motoring.

    A foolish dissipation, ending in broken rest, depleted purses, broken laws, broken automobiles, and broken bones.[…] Is the cost not heavy enough to bring even an automaniac to his senses?

    1902 July 23, “Record Breaking ‘Tours’”, in The Horseless Age, volume 10, page 81
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    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.[…] The word “automaniac,” suggested by The Horseless Age, seems quite appropriate[…] Why not adopt the name “automania” for the disease and the automaniac to designate the person afflicted by it?

    1902, “The Automaniac”, in Massachusetts Medical Journal, page 551
  2. A road hog.

Origin

automaniac · noun

Of auto- (“oneself”) + -maniac (“one who experiences obsession”). Attested from the 19th century.

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automaniac · noun

Of auto (“automobile”) + -maniac (“one who experiences obsession”). Attested from the early 20th century. Compare automania.

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Translations

Polish automaniak, automaniaczka
  • automaniakan enthusiast of automobiles and motoring
  • automaniaczkaan enthusiast of automobiles and motoring

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with automaniac

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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