Megalomania

/ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/

Synonyms for "megalomania" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
criticized termdelusions of grandeur

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
egoismegotismexpansionist ambition

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)
grandiose leadershipgrandiositypejorative labelpolitical grandiosityself-importance

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
linguistic labelmental diseasemental illnesspersonality traitpolitical behaviorpsychological traitpsychopathologypsychopathysociopolitical phenomenonterminology

More specific

8 entries
cult of personalitydelusions of omnipotencediagnostic replacementgrandiose delusionsgrandiose thinkinginflated self-esteemomnipotent governancepejorative descriptor

Collocations

6 entries
cult of personalitydelusions of grandeurgrandiose thinkingmegalomaniac tendenciesomnipotence fantasypolitical megalomania

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I do not suffer from megalomania. Great people never have it.

Source: tatoeba (2942056)

As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy.

Source: wiktionary

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