grandiose

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Beijing took advantage of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung's (吳伯雄) fondness for the grandiose, his vague position on Taiwan-China relations, and his naivete, both at the forum that was held by representatives of the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party and at the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

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  1. adjective Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand. See Synonyms at grand.
  2. adjective Characterized by feigned or affected grandeur; pompous.

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  • Hoffman considered the moniker grandiose and misleading. —  The Beach House
  • Though grandiose, there is nothing in such ideas beyond Newtonian mechanics. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 02 - August 1996
  • Once-grandiose talk of "travel" now means taking buses when we're forced to sell our cars. —  Alternate Brain
  • It was derided as a grandiose move, but because of the staging, it was a little difficult to read it as anything but a pure blast of old-fashioned patriotism. —  BlueOregon
  • Maybe it's not that grandiose, but I think we are seeing the dawn of the Third Age of Money. —  QandO
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  1. French, from Italian grandioso, from grande, great, from Latin grandis.

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  1. from French grandiose = Spanish Portuguese grandioso, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis, great, grand: see grand and -ose.
 

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/ˈgrændɪoʊs/
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