Synonyms for megalomania
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-uh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ ni ə |
Top 10 synonyms for megalomania
- amour-propre
- ego
- egocentricity
- egoism
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- preoccupation with self
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-centeredness
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-involvement
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunting
Définition of megalomania
Origin :- "delusions of greatness," 1866, from French mégalomanie; see megalo- + mania "madness."
- As in egoism : noun self-centeredness
- As in self-absorption : noun egoism
- As in self-centeredness : noun egoism
- As in self-involvement : noun egoism
- As in vainness : noun egotism
- As in egoism/egotism : noun self-centeredness
- The old leonine fellow was transfigured, as though by megalomania.
- Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
- But does that sort of megalomania express a genuine self-confidence?
- Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks
- For, if I could guess at the signs at all, it was megalomania.
- Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions
- His comrades claimed that he was suffering from megalomania.
- Extract from : « A Little Garrison » by Fritz von der Kyrburg
- But the megalomania of the Teutons has only been one of the contributory causes.
- Extract from : « German Problems and Personalities » by Charles Sarolea
- It is megalomania and egotism and the pride of the man in the Bible that waxed fat and kicked.
- Extract from : « Greenmantle » by John Buchan
- His megalomania naturally detracted from the esteem won by his piety.
- Extract from : « Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Charles Eliot
- That megalomania should have seized the mind of the Liberator under circumstances like these is not strange.
- Extract from : « The Hispanic Nations of the New World » by William R. Shepherd
- Megalomania, the vain imagination of being a superman, is generally characteristic of magicians.
- Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read
- Imperialism without noble imaginations, it seemed to him, was simply nationalism with megalomania.
- Extract from : « The Research Magnificent » by H. G. Wells
Antonyms for megalomania
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