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megalomania::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy |
| Derivation | megalomaniacal, megalomanic |
Examples of megalomania
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Wilson was the leading candidate to succumb to championship-induced megalomania.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It wasn't just megalomania that caused Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait in 1990.
From the toledoblade.com
As with writing, out of the megalomania comes a way actively to fight loneliness.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's not megalomania or vanity but a hard-wired human need to express yourself.
From the time.com
Who's been hurt most by this privatisation megalomania of the ALP and the LNP?
From the dailymercury.com.au
Along the way he adumbrates the ways in which idealism can slide into megalomania.
From the online.wsj.com
I tend to think more of planned famines, megalomania, gulags and huge purges.
From the guardian.co.uk
The trio combined exceptional creative power with a penchant for megalomania.
From the businessweek.com
You should probably get evaluated for a clinical diagnosis of megalomania.
From the economist.com
- A psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
- (megalomaniac) a pathological egotist
- Megalomania is the second album released by Norwegian black metal band Enslavement of Beauty in 2001. The song "And to Temptation's Darkness Forever Abide" was added to the expanded version, where the track order also is different. ...
- Origin of Symmetry is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 17 July 2001 by Mushroom Records. ...
- (Megalomaniac (KMFDM song)) "Megalomaniac" is a song by industrial rock band KMFDM from the album commonly referred to as Symbols. It was released in various forms in late 1997 and early 1998. A 7" vinyl version was released in 2009.
- A paranoid delirium of grandeur in which an individual believes he/she is an important person or has to fulfil great ambitions or projects.
- False feeling of being great or powerful
- Delusions marked by a feeling of power
