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1.
Psychiatry. a symptom of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, etc.
2.
an obsession with doing extravagant or grand things.
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Megalomania
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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- McCall seems to have a special place in his demolition kit for megalomania, of both the imperial and technological variety.
- There is a fine line between selling yourself and megalomania, and this guy leaped over it.
- In the 1960s, one French politician accused it of “morbid megalomania”.
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Word Origin & History
megalomania
1890, from Fr. mégalomanie, formed from Gk. megas (gen. megalou) "great" (see mickle) + mania "madness."
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megalomania meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a (měg'ə-lō-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə)
n.
A psychopathological condition in which delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence predominate.
An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
meg'a·lo·ma'ni·ac' n.
meg'a·lo·ma·ni'a·cal (-mə-nī'ə-kəl) or meg'a·lo·man'ic (-mān'ĭk) adj.
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