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tulip mania

noun

Etymology

From tulip + mania.

  1. derived from μανία
  2. borrowed from mania
  3. compounded as tulip mania — “tulip + mania”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of tulipomania.

  2. Any asset bubble (such as a stock bubble), especially when the irony of human folly that…

    Any asset bubble (such as a stock bubble), especially when the irony of human folly that it illustrates is being emphasized.

    • It remains to be seen whether the current valuations in certain sectors will turn out to be a tulip mania.

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