Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
- n. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A form of insane delusion the subjects of which imagine themselves to be very great, exalted, or powerful personages; the delusion of grandeur.
Wiktionary
- n. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
- n. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
Examples
“The guy can still do a decent show, but his megalomania is astounding.”
“The lessons he provides in military tactics are nothing compared to the lessons he provides about what happens when megalomania is harnessed to determination.”
The Washington Post: Megalomania and war, from Cannae to Iraq
“Sadly, megalomania is not just limited to the Republicans – I think all politicians and preachers suffer from it.”
“It's as completely scrubbed from the story as George Armstrong Custer's megalomania is from They Died With Their Boots On and the evils of slavery are from Gone With the Wind.”
“It's a whole 'nother post to explain why that level of meddling megalomania is kind of pathological for a multi-billion-dollar global corporation, but let's not digress too much.”
“It's a whole 'nother post to explain why that level of meddling megalomania is kind of pathological for a multi-billion-dollar global corporation”
“Margaret’s Sunday Quickie: My megalomania is showing «”
“Margaret’s Sunday Quickie: My megalomania is showing »”
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“Neo-con megalomania, which is the belief that American power is absolute, irresistible, and always good, and should therefore be used -- without restraint.”
Larry Beinhart: The Rise & Fall of America's Political Right
“When Turkmenbashi did this sort of thing, it was called megalomania; when federal government of the United States does it, it is called civics education.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘megalomania’.
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-mania
mental disorder; excessive craving
kleptomania, bibliomania, manic, Beatlemania, pyromania, megalomania, ablutomania, aboulomania, agromania, andromania, anglomania, anthomania and 122 more...
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Double Dactyls
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megalo-, megal-
abnormally large or great
megalopolis, megaloblast, megalomania, megalomaniac, megalocardia, hepatomegaly

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