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noun
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a person afflicted with megalomania.
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Megalomaniac
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Example Sentences
- In any case, those stories were never quite as megalomaniac as he seems to think.
- When things are going well, a board will generally put up with an unco-operative megalomaniac.
- The authors depict him as a delusional megalomaniac.
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Word Origin & History
megalomaniac
1890 (n.), 1899 (adj.), from megalomania (q.v.).
EXPAND"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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