Megalomaniac
noun
A person who has an obsession with their own power.
He was a megalomaniac who dreamed of taking over the world.
Often appears as...
- act like a megalomaniac
- diagnosed with megalomania
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Disapproving
adjective
Having a desire for excessive power or control.
His megalomaniac tendencies were causing problems at work.
Often appears as...
- megalomaniac tendencies
- megalomaniac urges
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Disapproving
noun
A person who has an obsession with their own power.
He was a megalomaniac who dreamed of taking over the world.
Often appears as...
- act like a megalomaniac
- diagnosed with megalomania
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a desire for excessive power or control.
His megalomaniac tendencies were causing problems at work.
Often appears as...
- megalomaniac tendencies
- megalomaniac urges
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Megalomaniac has a negative tone and suggests harmful levels of ambition or control.
The CEO's megalomaniac plans worried the board.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Clinical
Though it sounds clinical, it's typically used in informal contexts to criticize someone's behavior.
Stop being a megalomaniac and listen to our team's ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Abuse
Megalomaniac is often used when someone abuses their power, not just desires it.
The manager's megalomaniac actions led to a staff revolt.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Megalomaniac has a negative tone and suggests harmful levels of ambition or control.
The CEO's megalomaniac plans worried the board.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Clinical
Though it sounds clinical, it's typically used in informal contexts to criticize someone's behavior.
Stop being a megalomaniac and listen to our team's ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Abuse
Megalomaniac is often used when someone abuses their power, not just desires it.
The manager's megalomaniac actions led to a staff revolt.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Megalomaniac has a negative tone and suggests harmful levels of ambition or control.
The CEO's megalomaniac plans worried the board.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Clinical
Though it sounds clinical, it's typically used in informal contexts to criticize someone's behavior.
Stop being a megalomaniac and listen to our team's ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Abuse
Megalomaniac is often used when someone abuses their power, not just desires it.
The manager's megalomaniac actions led to a staff revolt.
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Fred Hampton
American Activist
Black people need some peace. White people need some peace. And we are going to have to fight. We're going to have to struggle. We're going to have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace, because the people that we're asking for peace, they are a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers, and they don't even understand what peace means.
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Chade-Meng Tan
Businessman
I was always very different from the other kids. I have an I.Q. of 156. I didn't play sports. I thought big. I thought I could achieve great things. I don't want to sound megalomaniac, but my whole life is about doing something for the world, from as far back as I can remember.
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Matthew Goode
English Actor
I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
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.
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Jerry Lewis
American Comedian
When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.
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George Newbern
American Actor
I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works in that kind of job has to be so full of himself to do that kind of thing.
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Eugene Jarvis
American Scientist
I got interested in computers and how they could be enslaved to the megalomaniac impulses of a teenager.
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David Bailey
English Photographer
My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
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Kate Bush
British Musician
I'm the shyest megalomaniac you're ever likely to meet.
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Bram Cohen
American Scientist
When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.
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Fred Hampton
American Activist
Black people need some peace. White people need some peace. And we are going to have to fight. We're going to have to struggle. We're going to have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace, because the people that we're asking for peace, they are a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers, and they don't even understand what peace means.
Quote examples
Chade-Meng Tan
Businessman
I was always very different from the other kids. I have an I.Q. of 156. I didn't play sports. I thought big. I thought I could achieve great things. I don't want to sound megalomaniac, but my whole life is about doing something for the world, from as far back as I can remember.
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Matthew Goode
English Actor
I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
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.
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Jerry Lewis
American Comedian
When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.
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George Newbern
American Actor
I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works in that kind of job has to be so full of himself to do that kind of thing.
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Eugene Jarvis
American Scientist
I got interested in computers and how they could be enslaved to the megalomaniac impulses of a teenager.
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David Bailey
English Photographer
My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
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Kate Bush
British Musician
I'm the shyest megalomaniac you're ever likely to meet.
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Bram Cohen
American Scientist
When I put my mind to it I can be a megalomaniac.
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