micromania

noun — 3 senses

micromania

noun

Etymology From micro + -mania.

1

Dated, Informal Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.

Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?1982, Current, volumes 1-2, page 58:
Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]1984, Computer Decisions, volume 16, page 70:

Related terms: micromaniac

micromania

noun

Etymology From micro- + -mania.

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Obsolete, Usually A delusion that a body part has become small.

2

Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Usually An 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)

Related terms: micromaniac

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