Definition of megalomania in English:

megalomania

noun ˌmɛɡ(ə)lə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌmɛɡələˈmeɪniə

mass noun

1Obsession with the exercise of power.
Example sentencesExamples
- The hidden message here is that we expect people who are blessed with qualities like economic acumen, leadership and intelligence to be cursed with the obverse traits of greed, megalomania and ruthless cunning.
- Utopian enthusiasm promises enlightenment and community but it also risks exploitation, depersonalization, and megalomania.
- On the surface, Watchmen is a crime fighting/superhero comic, but really it deals with the philosophy of good versus evil, morality, megalomania, the nature of evil, love, betrayal, honour and friendship.
- This cluster of tightly interrelated themes - power, ego, control, megalomania, failure - were to give a strong pattern to Welles' creations, just as they later did for Werner Herzog.
- His madness, if indeed madness it was, was of megalomania: a condition attributed to an incalculable number of despots and murderers over the ages.
- As a military official, he's incompetent, and as a character who should engage our sympathy, he's a total failure, blinded by his own megalomania and quest for historic recognition at any cost.
- This conviction frequently prompts its spokespersons to make irritating declarations that border on megalomania, the odious or the comical.
- So my ultimate goal of acquiring enough knowledge to conquer the stock market isn't a product of megalomania?
- In the past, the building of such mega-projects as complete new cities was frequently driven by the megalomania of some despotic ruler.
- This vision of world domination goes way, way beyond hubris, and crosses the border into outright megalomania.
- Personally, I found it riveting from the word go, watching the idealism, the megalomania, the ruthlessness, the plotting by what essentially was a bunch of gangsters with a great deal of misused power.
- And when he launches into his lecture on the ‘spiritually superior personality’, we are reminded of how thin a line divides enlightened idealism and protofascist megalomania.
- It enacts an arrogance that borders on megalomania.
- World domination, absolute power and obsessive megalomania - there's been a lot of it about.
- His brash style and megalomania also make him enemies.
Synonyms
delusions of grandeur, obsessionalism, grandiosity, grandioseness
self-importance, egotism, conceit, conceitedness
French folie de grandeur
1. 1.1 Delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder).
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was the least of his transgressions in a career notable for its paranoia, deceptions, moral vacuum and megalomania.
  Letters to friends were full of ‘self-infatuation and rampant megalomania.’
  But to his brothers his dreams appear to verge on megalomania.
  But Napoleon was probably beginning to suffer from megalomania: he had succeeded to such a tremendous extent that perhaps all things seemed possible.
  The laboratory report explained the patient's megalomania.
  Higgins's megalomania reached its nadir one night when he flagged down a police car and demanded to be given a lift to his destination (a nightclub, obviously).
  Though Shaw was prone to bouts of megalomania, he viewed his apotheosis with amused detachment.
  These few moments behind the scenes in the making of the movie highlight how serious the performer was at his chosen craft, while hinting at the megalomania that would later tarnish his tumultuous reputation.
  Rather, they live in worlds of enthusiastic self-delusion and megalomania.
  Yet somehow he forgot all the truths of his younger days and bought into the self-delusions spawned from his megalomania.
  He has developed some kind of megalomania which makes him feel superior to others.
  Jay Robinson, not particularly a household name among actors, is great as Caligula - delivering a nice blend of menace and megalomania.
  Some visions are so audacious, they can be expressed only as ironic jokes, lest the speaker be accused of pomposity or megalomania.
  The paper has opened a nationwide debate on whether he should be allowed to continue in power now that he is revealing signs of megalomania and paranoia.

Derivatives

megalomanic

adjectiveˌmɛɡ(ə)lə(ʊ)ˈmanɪk

Here we find many of the more megalomanic conclusions: ‘I am God’; ‘I want to be the brightest light, the greatest sun.’
Example sentencesExamples
- His extensive knowledge of historical style contributed to, but was submerged beneath, forms dictated by megalomanic fantasies.
- Seriously, just how do people get these megalomanic notions?

Rhymes

Albania, balletomania, bibliomania, crania, dipsomania, egomania, erotomania, kleptomania, Lithuania, Lusitania, mania, Mauritania, miscellanea, monomania, nymphomania, Pennsylvania, Pomerania, pyromania, Rainier, Romania, Ruritania, Tasmania, Transylvania, Urania

Definition of megalomania in US English:

megalomania

nounˌmeɡələˈmānēəˌmɛɡələˈmeɪniə

1Obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others.
Example sentencesExamples
- World domination, absolute power and obsessive megalomania - there's been a lot of it about.
- It enacts an arrogance that borders on megalomania.
- Utopian enthusiasm promises enlightenment and community but it also risks exploitation, depersonalization, and megalomania.
- His brash style and megalomania also make him enemies.
- In the past, the building of such mega-projects as complete new cities was frequently driven by the megalomania of some despotic ruler.
- As a military official, he's incompetent, and as a character who should engage our sympathy, he's a total failure, blinded by his own megalomania and quest for historic recognition at any cost.
- His madness, if indeed madness it was, was of megalomania: a condition attributed to an incalculable number of despots and murderers over the ages.
- And when he launches into his lecture on the ‘spiritually superior personality’, we are reminded of how thin a line divides enlightened idealism and protofascist megalomania.
- This conviction frequently prompts its spokespersons to make irritating declarations that border on megalomania, the odious or the comical.
- Personally, I found it riveting from the word go, watching the idealism, the megalomania, the ruthlessness, the plotting by what essentially was a bunch of gangsters with a great deal of misused power.
- This vision of world domination goes way, way beyond hubris, and crosses the border into outright megalomania.
- This cluster of tightly interrelated themes - power, ego, control, megalomania, failure - were to give a strong pattern to Welles' creations, just as they later did for Werner Herzog.
- The hidden message here is that we expect people who are blessed with qualities like economic acumen, leadership and intelligence to be cursed with the obverse traits of greed, megalomania and ruthless cunning.
- On the surface, Watchmen is a crime fighting/superhero comic, but really it deals with the philosophy of good versus evil, morality, megalomania, the nature of evil, love, betrayal, honour and friendship.
- So my ultimate goal of acquiring enough knowledge to conquer the stock market isn't a product of megalomania?
Synonyms
delusions of grandeur, obsessionalism, grandiosity, grandioseness
1. 1.1 Delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder).
  Example sentencesExamples
  Letters to friends were full of ‘self-infatuation and rampant megalomania.’
  The laboratory report explained the patient's megalomania.
  But to his brothers his dreams appear to verge on megalomania.
  Some visions are so audacious, they can be expressed only as ironic jokes, lest the speaker be accused of pomposity or megalomania.
  It was the least of his transgressions in a career notable for its paranoia, deceptions, moral vacuum and megalomania.
  Though Shaw was prone to bouts of megalomania, he viewed his apotheosis with amused detachment.
  Yet somehow he forgot all the truths of his younger days and bought into the self-delusions spawned from his megalomania.
  Higgins's megalomania reached its nadir one night when he flagged down a police car and demanded to be given a lift to his destination (a nightclub, obviously).
  The paper has opened a nationwide debate on whether he should be allowed to continue in power now that he is revealing signs of megalomania and paranoia.
  But Napoleon was probably beginning to suffer from megalomania: he had succeeded to such a tremendous extent that perhaps all things seemed possible.
  Rather, they live in worlds of enthusiastic self-delusion and megalomania.
  These few moments behind the scenes in the making of the movie highlight how serious the performer was at his chosen craft, while hinting at the megalomania that would later tarnish his tumultuous reputation.
  He has developed some kind of megalomania which makes him feel superior to others.
  Jay Robinson, not particularly a household name among actors, is great as Caligula - delivering a nice blend of menace and megalomania.

单词	megalomania
释义	Definition of megalomania in English: megalomania noun ˌmɛɡ(ə)lə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌmɛɡələˈmeɪniə mass noun 1Obsession with the exercise of power. Example sentencesExamples The hidden message here is that we expect people who are blessed with qualities like economic acumen, leadership and intelligence to be cursed with the obverse traits of greed, megalomania and ruthless cunning. Utopian enthusiasm promises enlightenment and community but it also risks exploitation, depersonalization, and megalomania. On the surface, Watchmen is a crime fighting/superhero comic, but really it deals with the philosophy of good versus evil, morality, megalomania, the nature of evil, love, betrayal, honour and friendship. This cluster of tightly interrelated themes - power, ego, control, megalomania, failure - were to give a strong pattern to Welles' creations, just as they later did for Werner Herzog. His madness, if indeed madness it was, was of megalomania: a condition attributed to an incalculable number of despots and murderers over the ages. As a military official, he's incompetent, and as a character who should engage our sympathy, he's a total failure, blinded by his own megalomania and quest for historic recognition at any cost. This conviction frequently prompts its spokespersons to make irritating declarations that border on megalomania, the odious or the comical. So my ultimate goal of acquiring enough knowledge to conquer the stock market isn't a product of megalomania? In the past, the building of such mega-projects as complete new cities was frequently driven by the megalomania of some despotic ruler. This vision of world domination goes way, way beyond hubris, and crosses the border into outright megalomania. Personally, I found it riveting from the word go, watching the idealism, the megalomania, the ruthlessness, the plotting by what essentially was a bunch of gangsters with a great deal of misused power. And when he launches into his lecture on the ‘spiritually superior personality’, we are reminded of how thin a line divides enlightened idealism and protofascist megalomania. It enacts an arrogance that borders on megalomania. World domination, absolute power and obsessive megalomania - there's been a lot of it about. His brash style and megalomania also make him enemies. Synonyms delusions of grandeur, obsessionalism, grandiosity, grandioseness self-importance, egotism, conceit, conceitedness French folie de grandeur 1.1 Delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder). Example sentencesExamples It was the least of his transgressions in a career notable for its paranoia, deceptions, moral vacuum and megalomania. Letters to friends were full of ‘self-infatuation and rampant megalomania.’ But to his brothers his dreams appear to verge on megalomania. But Napoleon was probably beginning to suffer from megalomania: he had succeeded to such a tremendous extent that perhaps all things seemed possible. The laboratory report explained the patient's megalomania. Higgins's megalomania reached its nadir one night when he flagged down a police car and demanded to be given a lift to his destination (a nightclub, obviously). Though Shaw was prone to bouts of megalomania, he viewed his apotheosis with amused detachment. These few moments behind the scenes in the making of the movie highlight how serious the performer was at his chosen craft, while hinting at the megalomania that would later tarnish his tumultuous reputation. Rather, they live in worlds of enthusiastic self-delusion and megalomania. Yet somehow he forgot all the truths of his younger days and bought into the self-delusions spawned from his megalomania. He has developed some kind of megalomania which makes him feel superior to others. Jay Robinson, not particularly a household name among actors, is great as Caligula - delivering a nice blend of menace and megalomania. Some visions are so audacious, they can be expressed only as ironic jokes, lest the speaker be accused of pomposity or megalomania. The paper has opened a nationwide debate on whether he should be allowed to continue in power now that he is revealing signs of megalomania and paranoia. Derivatives megalomanic adjectiveˌmɛɡ(ə)lə(ʊ)ˈmanɪk Here we find many of the more megalomanic conclusions: ‘I am God’; ‘I want to be the brightest light, the greatest sun.’ Example sentencesExamples His extensive knowledge of historical style contributed to, but was submerged beneath, forms dictated by megalomanic fantasies. Seriously, just how do people get these megalomanic notions? Rhymes Albania, balletomania, bibliomania, crania, dipsomania, egomania, erotomania, kleptomania, Lithuania, Lusitania, mania, Mauritania, miscellanea, monomania, nymphomania, Pennsylvania, Pomerania, pyromania, Rainier, Romania, Ruritania, Tasmania, Transylvania, Urania Definition of megalomania in US English: megalomania nounˌmeɡələˈmānēəˌmɛɡələˈmeɪniə 1Obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others. Example sentencesExamples World domination, absolute power and obsessive megalomania - there's been a lot of it about. It enacts an arrogance that borders on megalomania. Utopian enthusiasm promises enlightenment and community but it also risks exploitation, depersonalization, and megalomania. His brash style and megalomania also make him enemies. In the past, the building of such mega-projects as complete new cities was frequently driven by the megalomania of some despotic ruler. As a military official, he's incompetent, and as a character who should engage our sympathy, he's a total failure, blinded by his own megalomania and quest for historic recognition at any cost. His madness, if indeed madness it was, was of megalomania: a condition attributed to an incalculable number of despots and murderers over the ages. And when he launches into his lecture on the ‘spiritually superior personality’, we are reminded of how thin a line divides enlightened idealism and protofascist megalomania. This conviction frequently prompts its spokespersons to make irritating declarations that border on megalomania, the odious or the comical. Personally, I found it riveting from the word go, watching the idealism, the megalomania, the ruthlessness, the plotting by what essentially was a bunch of gangsters with a great deal of misused power. This vision of world domination goes way, way beyond hubris, and crosses the border into outright megalomania. This cluster of tightly interrelated themes - power, ego, control, megalomania, failure - were to give a strong pattern to Welles' creations, just as they later did for Werner Herzog. The hidden message here is that we expect people who are blessed with qualities like economic acumen, leadership and intelligence to be cursed with the obverse traits of greed, megalomania and ruthless cunning. On the surface, Watchmen is a crime fighting/superhero comic, but really it deals with the philosophy of good versus evil, morality, megalomania, the nature of evil, love, betrayal, honour and friendship. So my ultimate goal of acquiring enough knowledge to conquer the stock market isn't a product of megalomania? Synonyms delusions of grandeur, obsessionalism, grandiosity, grandioseness 1.1 Delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder). Example sentencesExamples Letters to friends were full of ‘self-infatuation and rampant megalomania.’ The laboratory report explained the patient's megalomania. But to his brothers his dreams appear to verge on megalomania. Some visions are so audacious, they can be expressed only as ironic jokes, lest the speaker be accused of pomposity or megalomania. It was the least of his transgressions in a career notable for its paranoia, deceptions, moral vacuum and megalomania. Though Shaw was prone to bouts of megalomania, he viewed his apotheosis with amused detachment. Yet somehow he forgot all the truths of his younger days and bought into the self-delusions spawned from his megalomania. Higgins's megalomania reached its nadir one night when he flagged down a police car and demanded to be given a lift to his destination (a nightclub, obviously). The paper has opened a nationwide debate on whether he should be allowed to continue in power now that he is revealing signs of megalomania and paranoia. But Napoleon was probably beginning to suffer from megalomania: he had succeeded to such a tremendous extent that perhaps all things seemed possible. Rather, they live in worlds of enthusiastic self-delusion and megalomania. These few moments behind the scenes in the making of the movie highlight how serious the performer was at his chosen craft, while hinting at the megalomania that would later tarnish his tumultuous reputation. He has developed some kind of megalomania which makes him feel superior to others. Jay Robinson, not particularly a household name among actors, is great as Caligula - delivering a nice blend of menace and megalomania.
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