automania

See also: automanią

English

Etymology

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

Noun

automania (uncountable)

1. (US) An enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring.

   Synonym: motormania

   • 1902, “The Automaniac”, in Massachusetts Medical Journal, page 551:

     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?

   • 1906 May, “Farmers’ problems”, in Farm Journal, page 178:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: automania f

Polish

Etymology

From auto- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.tɔˈmaɲ.ja/
• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: au‧to‧man‧ia

Noun

automania f

1. automania

Declension

Declension of automania

	singular
nominative	automania
genitive	automanii
dative	automanii
accusative	automanię
instrumental	automanią
locative	automanii
vocative	automanio

Derived terms

nouns

• automaniaczka
• automaniak

 

Further reading

• automania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• automania in Polish dictionaries at PWN