megalomania

Noun

Meaning

A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

constabulary assurance arrogance selfishness egoism boasting self-confidence conceit egotism bragging psychopathy narcissism self-love self-possession self-importance
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Antonyms

generosity humility modesty benevolence shyness timidity
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Hypernyms

psychopathy mental illness mental disease

Examples

If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner. Malcolm Muggeridge

Oh, good. You're starting to talk about yourself in the third person. That's not a sign of impending megalomania or anything. Cassandra Clare

What is god but an extension of the ego - a sort of megalomania by proxy? Edmund Cooper

I think there are three qualities that people believe are weaknesses, but which I believe are strengths, particularly for a filmmaker: paranoia, megalomania and mental contagion. Laurent Touil-Tartour

Ever since Comte first set the agenda of social science, his megalomania lingers on in sociology, political science, and other disciplines. Thomas Flanagan (political scientist)

American megalomania is largely responsible for the growth of the Skyscraper School. Philip Johnson

Close letter words and terms

megalogue megalohepatia megalokaryocyte megalomaniac megalomaniacal megalomaniacally