Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

automania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-ma-nia
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There seems to be need of a term to designate these new terrors of our streets, those speed crazed paranoiacs who are now doing so much to bring the automobile into disrepute.[…] Why not adopt the name “automania” for the disease and the automaniac to designate the person afflicted by it?"
"The fact is, some of these people are seized with automania, and if they could not go fast, they would not care to go at all. Automania is the feverish desire to move at the greatest rate of speed of which the motor is capable, with no regard for the life of bipeds or quadrupeds."

Etymology

From auto + -mania. Attested from the 20th century. Compare slightly earlier automaniac.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: auto

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Synonyms

motormania

Questions

What does automania mean?: An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring.
Where does automania come from?: From auto + -mania. Attested from the 20th century. Compare slightly earlier automaniac.

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