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Definition of Megalomanic
1. Adjective. Suffering from megalomania.
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
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 ..."