"megalomania" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-megalomania.wav Forms: megalomanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|mégalomanie}} Borrowed from French mégalomanie, {{con|en|megalo|mania}} megalo- + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} megalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)
  1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: delusion of grandeur Translations (psychopathological condition): ма́ния за вели́чие (mánija za velíčie) [feminine] (Bulgarian), мегалома́ния (megalománija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), megalomania [feminine] (Catalan), 自大狂 (zìdàkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 誇大狂 /夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), velikášství [neuter] (Czech), storhedsvanvid [neuter] (Danish), megalomani [common-gender] (Danish), grootheidswaanzin [masculine] (Dutch), megalomanie [feminine] (Dutch), grootheidswaan [masculine] (Dutch), stórlætisørskapur [masculine] (Faroese), stórmennisørska [feminine] (Faroese), suuruudenhulluus (Finnish), megalomania (Finnish), mégalomanie [feminine] (French), Größenwahn [masculine] (German), μεγαλομανία (megalomanía) [feminine] (Greek), שִׁגְעוֹן גַּדְלוּת (shig'ón gadlút) [masculine] (Hebrew), megalománia (Hungarian), mikilmennskubrjálæði [neuter] (Icelandic), 誇大妄想 (kodai mōsō) (Japanese), メガロマニア (megaromania) (Japanese), didybės manija [feminine] (Lithuanian), megalomania (Malay), stormannsgalskap [masculine] (Norwegian), megalomania [feminine] (Portuguese), megalomanie [feminine] (Romanian), grandomanie [feminine] (Romanian), ма́ния вели́чия (mánija velíčija) [feminine] (Russian), мегалома́ния (megalománija) [feminine] (Russian), megalomanía (Spanish), storhetsvansinne [neuter] (Swedish), megalomani [common-gender] (Swedish), megalomani (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-megalomania-en-noun-ybfU9uLl Disambiguation of 'psychopathological condition': 70 28 2
  2. (obsolete) Narcissistic personality disorder. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Manias
    Sense id: en-megalomania-en-noun-bcSv0~Mb Disambiguation of Manias: 11 87 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with megalo-, English terms suffixed with -mania, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 80 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with megalo-: 33 54 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mania: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 80 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 18 78 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 81 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 73 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 84 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 78 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 77 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 80 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 19 76 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 74 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 82 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 20 75 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 80 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 73 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 79 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 80 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 76 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 82 4
  3. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (obsession): grootheidswaanzin [masculine] (Dutch), stórmennisørska [feminine] (Faroese), stórlætisørskapur [masculine] (Faroese), suuruudenhulluus (Finnish), Größenwahn [masculine] (German), 허영심 (heoyeongsim) (Korean), stormannsgalskap [masculine] (Norwegian), megalomanía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-megalomania-en-noun-gnxfQFMJ Disambiguation of 'obsession': 5 8 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: megalomaniac, megalomaniacal, megalomanic

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mánija za velíčie",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìdàkuáng",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "自大狂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuādàkuáng",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "誇大狂 /夸大狂"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "velikášství"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "storhedsvanvid"
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      "code": "da",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "grootheidswaanzin"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "stórlætisørskapur"
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      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stórmennisørska"
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      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "suuruudenhulluus"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "megalomania"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mégalomanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Größenwahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "megalomanía",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεγαλομανία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shig'ón gadlút",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שִׁגְעוֹן גַּדְלוּת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "megalománia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mikilmennskubrjálæði"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kodai mōsō",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "誇大妄想"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "megaromania",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "メガロマニア"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "didybės manija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "megalomania"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stormannsgalskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "megalomania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "megalomanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grandomanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mánija velíčija",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ния вели́чия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "megalománija",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мегалома́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "megalomanía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "storhetsvansinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "megalomani"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "psychopathological condition",
      "word": "megalomani"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "grootheidswaanzin"
    },
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "stórmennisørska"
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "stórlætisørskapur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "word": "suuruudenhulluus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Größenwahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heoyeongsim",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "word": "허영심"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stormannsgalskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obsession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "megalomanía"
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  ],
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}

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