motormania

English

Etymology

From motor +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

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Noun

motormania (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of automania (“enthusiasm for motor vehicles and motoring”).
    • 1957 June, R. K. Kirkland, “Passenger to Penrhyndeudraeth”, in Railway Magazine, page 392:
      It is good that the beginnings of a reaction from the worst of motor-mania are bringing the uninitiated back on to the narrow gauge just for the novelty of the experience, but the concern that can also sell a view of unrivalled mountain scenery is in a much more powerful position.
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