megalomania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
Narcissistic personality disorder.
An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

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Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania.

delusion of grandeur

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