micromania

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noun

Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.

Opposite
Scrabble 16

Meanings

micromania1

nounmicromania (uncountable)
  1. datedinformaluncountableExcessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.

    Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?

    1982, Current, volumes 1-2, page 58
    1 more example

    Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]

    1984, Computer Decisions, volume 16, page 70

micromania2

nounmicromania (usually uncountable, plural micromanias)

plural micromanias

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallymedicineA delusion that a body part has become small.
  2. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesAn 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.

    Jacob L. Moreno, Zerka T. Moreno, Psychodrama (volume 3, page 25)

    Antonyms: megalomania

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements.

Opposite

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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