Megalomania Definition

mĕgə-lō-mānē-ə, -mānyə
noun
A mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur, power, etc.
Webster's New World
A passion for obtaining and holding great power, authority, etc.
Webster's New World
An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
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Other Word Forms of Megalomania

Noun

Singular:
megalomania
Plural:
megalomanias

Origin of Megalomania

  • First attested in 1890, from megalo- +"Ž -mania.

    From Wiktionary

Megalomania Sentence Examples

  • Each day revealing new signs that lead them (and the viewer) to become more enmeshed in a growing megalomania.

  • Then, too, there are frequent glints of what one might call exceptionalism - or low-level megalomania.

  • Crispis so-called megalomania gave place to retrenchment in home affairs and to a deferential attitude towards all foreign powers.

  • They certainly neither require, nor are palliated by, theories of his "megalomania," of his excessive attention to conflicts of will and the like.

  • He main.tained the institutions of the day, though seeking to diminish their abuse, and he perfected material details; but misfortune would have it that instead of remaining a great military administrator he flattered Louis XIV.s megalomania, and thus caused his perdition.

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Words Starting With

MMEMEG

Words Ending With

AIANIA

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Words Starting With M and Ending With A

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