Definition of Megalomanic

1. Adjective. Suffering from megalomania.

Exact synonyms: Megalomaniacal
Similar to: Neurotic, Psychoneurotic
Derivative terms: Megalomania, Megalomaniac, Megalomania

Definition of Megalomanic

1. Adjective. Afflicted by megalomania. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Megalomanic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalomanic

megaloencephalic
megaloencephalon
megaloencephaly
megaloenteron
megalogastria
megaloglossia
megalographia
megalohepatia
megalokaryocyte
megalomania
megalomaniac
megalomaniacal
megalomaniacally
megalomaniacs
megalomanias
megalomanic (current term)
megalomelia
megalomycterid
megalomycterids
megalonychosis
megalonyx
megalonyxes
megalopa
megalophonous
megalopia
megalopic
megalopodia
megalopoleis
megalopolis

Literary usage of Megalomanic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In the manic-depressive states, during the periods of exaltation, the patient is expansive, euphoric, megalomanic; during the periods of depression, ..."

2. Studies in Psychiatry by Psychiatrical Society of New York (1912)
"Besides these defect symptoms the patient has presented additional symptoms, megalomanic periods, persistent hypochondriacal statements, ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"The megalomanic type is held by Diefendorf (who also quotes Kraepelin to the same effect) as becoming much less prominent, until now it is encountered in ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"The megalomanic type is held by Diefendorf (who also quotes Kraepelin to the same effect) as becoming much less prominent, until now it is encountered in ..."

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