Micromania
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Micromania is a noun meaning (psychology) An extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements.
Meaning
(psychology) An extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements.
More Meanings
- (dated, informal) Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
- (obsolete, pathology) A delusion that a body part has become small.
Example Sentences
Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]
Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?
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.
Word Forms
- micromanias
Antonyms for micromania
Common opposites include megalomania.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include macromania, macropsia, micrencephalia, micromelia, micropia, microphthalmy.
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