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Meaning of micromania | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Excessive enthusiasm for microcomputers.
    dated, informal, uncountable
  2. A delusion that a body part has become small.
    obsolete, uncountable, usually
  3. An extreme tendency to belittle oneself or trivialize one's achievements.
    uncountable, usually

Examples

“Micromania at home: What have microcomputers got that other instructional technologies haven't?”
“Micromania, the uncontrolled spread of personal computers in corporations, can be treated […]”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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