Megalomania
noun
The desire for power or importance to such an extent that a person loses control over their own sense of reality.
The CEO's megalomania led him to believe he could control every aspect of his employees' lives.
Often appears as...
- signs of megalomania
- suffer from megalomania
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Disapproving
Psychological
noun
In psychiatry, a mental condition where a person believes they are superior or more powerful than they actually are.
Doctors diagnosed the patient with megalomania after he claimed he could control the weather.
Often appears as...
- diagnosed with megalomania
- megalomania as a symptom
Usage tips
Disapproving
Psychiatric
noun
The desire for power or importance to such an extent that a person loses control over their own sense of reality.
The CEO's megalomania led him to believe he could control every aspect of his employees' lives.
Often appears as...
- signs of megalomania
- suffer from megalomania
Usage tips
Disapproving
Psychological
noun
In psychiatry, a mental condition where a person believes they are superior or more powerful than they actually are.
Doctors diagnosed the patient with megalomania after he claimed he could control the weather.
Often appears as...
- diagnosed with megalomania
- megalomania as a symptom
Usage tips
Disapproving
Psychiatric
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Power-Seeking Nature
Megalomania implies an unhealthy obsession with power, showing someone's overconfidence in their authority.
The dictator's speech reeked of megalomania, with claims of ruling the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Megalomania usually suggests a person's ambition has become harmful or domineering, lacking empathy.
His megalomania was evident when he dismissed all advice that contradicted his opinions.
Pro Tip 3/3Loss of Reality
Note that megalomania involves losing touch with reality, not just arrogance or confidence.
She was accused of megalomania after declaring herself infallible.
Pro Tip 1/3Power-Seeking Nature
Megalomania implies an unhealthy obsession with power, showing someone's overconfidence in their authority.
The dictator's speech reeked of megalomania, with claims of ruling the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Megalomania usually suggests a person's ambition has become harmful or domineering, lacking empathy.
His megalomania was evident when he dismissed all advice that contradicted his opinions.
Pro Tip 3/3Loss of Reality
Note that megalomania involves losing touch with reality, not just arrogance or confidence.
She was accused of megalomania after declaring herself infallible.
Pro Tip 1/3Power-Seeking Nature
Megalomania implies an unhealthy obsession with power, showing someone's overconfidence in their authority.
The dictator's speech reeked of megalomania, with claims of ruling the world.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Megalomania usually suggests a person's ambition has become harmful or domineering, lacking empathy.
His megalomania was evident when he dismissed all advice that contradicted his opinions.
Pro Tip 3/3Loss of Reality
Note that megalomania involves losing touch with reality, not just arrogance or confidence.
She was accused of megalomania after declaring herself infallible.
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and dressing up as gods until Octavian had all of Rome convinced of their megalomania." "And yet Octavian was the one who attacked Antony, annexed Egypt, and declared himself Emperor.
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and dressing up as gods until Octavian had all of Rome convinced of their megalomania." "And yet Octavian was the one who attacked Antony, annexed Egypt, and declared himself Emperor.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes in the former House Speaker certain symptoms - bouts of grandiosity, megalomania, irritability, racing thoughts, spending sprees - that go beyond the ordinary politician's normal narcissism.
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Jerome Charyn
American Author
Empire of Self' is a loving portrait of a very difficult man. Jay Parini, himself a gifted novelist, poet and biographer, has gone very deep into the 'black energy' of Gore Vidal's relentless narcissism and megalomania. Parini envisions an epic battle between Vidal's angelic and demonic sides, yet there's very little of the angel in Vidal.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
A particular modern problem is that megalomania, especially when it involves real estate development, is the disturbance of many faceless men. And a faceless man is a difficult enemy.
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Meg Wolitzer
American Writer
When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.
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W. Earl Brown
American Actor
While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That was the extent of it.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.
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Jacob Weisberg
American Journalist
Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes in the former House Speaker certain symptoms - bouts of grandiosity, megalomania, irritability, racing thoughts, spending sprees - that go beyond the ordinary politician's normal narcissism.
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Jerome Charyn
American Author
Empire of Self' is a loving portrait of a very difficult man. Jay Parini, himself a gifted novelist, poet and biographer, has gone very deep into the 'black energy' of Gore Vidal's relentless narcissism and megalomania. Parini envisions an epic battle between Vidal's angelic and demonic sides, yet there's very little of the angel in Vidal.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
A particular modern problem is that megalomania, especially when it involves real estate development, is the disturbance of many faceless men. And a faceless man is a difficult enemy.
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Meg Wolitzer
American Writer
When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.
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W. Earl Brown
American Actor
While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That was the extent of it.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.
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