micromania
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[edit]micromania (usually uncountable, plural micromanias)
- (obsolete, pathology) A delusion that a body part has become small
- (dated, informal) Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
- 1982, Current, volumes 1-2, page 58:
- Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?
- 1984, Computer Decisions, volume 16, page 70:
- Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]
- (psychology) An extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements.
- Antonym: megalomania
- Jacob L. Moreno, Zerka T. Moreno, Psychodrama (volume 3, page 25)
- 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.