Meanings
micromania1
- datedinformaluncountableExcessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?
1982, Current, volumes 1-2, page 581 more example
Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]
1984, Computer Decisions, volume 16, page 70
micromania2
plural micromanias
- obsoleteuncountableusuallymedicineA delusion that a body part has become small.
- 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.
Origin
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