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Definition of Megalomania
1. Noun. A psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur.
Generic synonyms: Mental Disease, Mental Illness, Psychopathy
Derivative terms: Megalomaniacal, Megalomanic
Definition of Megalomania
1. n. A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
Definition of Megalomania
1. Noun. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. ¹
2. Noun. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Megalomania
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Medical Definition of Megalomania
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalomania
Literary usage of Megalomania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts by Irving Babbitt (1910)
"Now sky-scrapers may be picturesque, or vital, or what you will, though they are
usually not much more than a mixture of megalomania and commercialism ..."
2. Clinical Psychiatry; a Text-book for Students and Physicians by Emil Kraepelin, Allen Ross Diefendorf (1907)
"The clinical picture of megalomania, which has been and still is, by some, regarded
as the prototype of the disease, has in recent years become less and ..."
3. Clinical psychiatry by Emil Kraepelin, Allen Ross Diefendorf (1907)
"The clinical picture of megalomania, which has been and still is, by some, regarded
as the prototype of the disease, has in recent years become less and ..."
4. Out of Their Own Mouths: Utterances of German Rulers, Statesmen, Savants by William Roscoe Thayer (1917)
"INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS AND REACTIONS Imperialism akin to megalomania "The idea of
World rule, Imperialism in the proper sense of the word, did not spring up on ..."
5. Surveys, Historic and Economic by William James Ashley (1900)
"I cannot think of any term for it but one somewhat disrespectful, megalomania.
Probably it is the mere physical size of the country which makes so many ..."
6. The Singing of the Future by David Ffrangcon-Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"Conductors and megalomania. —Heavy roles.—Purpose of music. IN view of that which
stands written in the last chapter, it will be profitable to the student ..."
7. The Trend of History: Origins of Twentieth Century Problems by William Kay Wallace (1922)
"... OF THE PROLETARIAT megalomania OF THE EPOCH—PROCESSES OF DECAY INFLUENCE OF
PESSIMISM WHILE the Proletariat was engaged in its struggle with capitalism, ..."
8. The Psychology of the Emotions by Théodule Ribot (1903)
"... monomania of power, megalomania—Extreme negative form: suicidal tendency—Psychological
problem of this practical negation of the fundamental instinct. ..."
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