AUTOMANIA

PRONUNCIATION: (aw-toh-MAY-nee-uh)

MEANING: noun:
1. An obsession with oneself; egomania.
2. An obsession with automobiles or fast driving.

ETYMOLOgy: From Greek auto- (self), also short for automobile + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented: for 1: 1835, for 2: 1902.
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AUTONANIA - a robotic au pair

ATOMANIA - hysterical belief in the Red Menace, now undergoing a resurgence

ABUTOMANIA - pathological need to have next-door neighbors