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megalomania

[ meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-uh ]

noun

  1. Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
  2. an obsession with doing extravagant or grand things.


megalomania

/ ˌmɛɡələʊməˈnaɪəkəl; ˌmɛɡələʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. a mental illness characterized by delusions of grandeur, power, wealth, etc
  2. informal.
    a lust or craving for power
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


megalomania

  1. Delusions of grandeur; an extreme form of egotism . Adolf Hitler is generally considered to have been a megalomaniac.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌmegaloˈmaniac, adjectivenoun
  • megalomaniacal, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of megalomania1

First recorded in 1885–90; megalo- + -mania
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Example Sentences

It’s supposed to read as vulnerability, but it looks a lot like megalomania, surely the exact opposite of what Larraín intended.

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Beethoven, of course, was no stranger to megalomania, and he even loved to brag to his friends about his vanity.

This is not to suggest that Romney should aspire to megalomania of Newtonian proportions.

As the race theory must inevitably lead to megalomania and reaction, so it must inevitably lead to militarism.

Even as race heresy must result in racial megalomania, it must result in political reaction and in the government of caste.

Of that megalomania the Kaiser has been, in innumerable speeches, the eloquent and insolent spokesman.

I went out of my mind, I had megalomania; but then I was cheerful, confident, and even happy; I was interesting and original.

What should be a generous, and in part altruistic, exaltation becomes mere megalomania.

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