megalomaniac
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1.
a person afflicted with megalomania.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a mental illness characterized by delusions of grandeur, power, wealth, etc |
| 2. | informal a lust or craving for power |
| megalo'maniac | |
| —adj, —n | |
| megalomaniacal | |
| —adj | |
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Megalomaniac
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Word Origin & History
megalomaniac
1890 (n.), 1899 (adj.), from megalomania (q.v.).
"The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history." [Bertrand Russell]Related: Megalomaniacal.
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Example sentences
When things are going well, a board will generally put up with an unco-operative megalomaniac.
Where there was one megalomaniac in power, there is now a myriad of power-brokers.
And much of the rest is going on state-driven projects, reinforcing the state's rent-seeking or megalomaniac proclivities.
In any case, those stories were never quite as megalomaniac as he seems to think.
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