tulip mania

English

Etymology

From tulip +‎ mania.

Noun

tulip mania (countable and uncountable, plural tulip manias)

  1. Alternative form of tulipomania.
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) 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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