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micromania Path.|maɪkrəʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. Gr. µῑκρός small (see micro-) + mania.]
‘A form of mania in which the patient thinks himself, or some part of him, to be reduced in size’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1890). Also, an insane habit of belittling oneself. microˈmaniac, one affected with micromania.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 703 Micromania is a name used in contrast to megalomania and to indicate what Dr. Mickle calls ‘belittlement’. Ibid., Micromania is met with..in senile degeneration or mental degeneration of one kind or another. 1902Speaker 8 Nov. 142/2 The cult of humility is a wholly spurious micromania. Ibid., He is the one micromaniac of whom we have any record. |