megalomania

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

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 megalomania on Wikipedia

megalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)

  1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
    • 1936 Sept. 15, F. Scott Fitzgerald, letter to Beatrice Dance:
      As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy.
    Synonym: delusion of grandeur
    Antonym: micromania
  2. (obsolete) Narcissistic personality disorder.
  3. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From megalo- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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megalomania f (plural megalomanies)

  1. megalomania
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Further reading

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English megalomania).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɡɑlomɑniɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑ̝ˌlo̞mɑ̝ˌniɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): me‧ga‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

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megalomania

  1. megalomania

Declension

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Inflection of megalomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative megalomania megalomaniat
genitive megalomanian megalomanioiden
megalomanioitten
partitive megalomaniaa megalomanioita
illative megalomaniaan megalomanioihin
singular plural
nominative megalomania megalomaniat
accusative nom. megalomania megalomaniat
gen. megalomanian
genitive megalomanian megalomanioiden
megalomanioitten
megalomaniain rare
partitive megalomaniaa megalomanioita
inessive megalomaniassa megalomanioissa
elative megalomaniasta megalomanioista
illative megalomaniaan megalomanioihin
adessive megalomanialla megalomanioilla
ablative megalomanialta megalomanioilta
allative megalomanialle megalomanioille
essive megalomaniana megalomanioina
translative megalomaniaksi megalomanioiksi
abessive megalomaniatta megalomanioitta
instructive megalomanioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of megalomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megalomaniani megalomaniani
accusative nom. megalomaniani megalomaniani
gen. megalomaniani
genitive megalomaniani megalomanioideni
megalomanioitteni
megalomaniaini rare
partitive megalomaniaani megalomanioitani
inessive megalomaniassani megalomanioissani
elative megalomaniastani megalomanioistani
illative megalomaniaani megalomanioihini
adessive megalomaniallani megalomanioillani
ablative megalomanialtani megalomanioiltani
allative megalomanialleni megalomanioilleni
essive megalomanianani megalomanioinani
translative megalomaniakseni megalomanioikseni
abessive megalomaniattani megalomanioittani
instructive
comitative megalomanioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative megalomaniasi megalomaniasi
accusative nom. megalomaniasi megalomaniasi
gen. megalomaniasi
genitive megalomaniasi megalomanioidesi
megalomanioittesi
megalomaniaisi rare
partitive megalomaniaasi megalomanioitasi
inessive megalomaniassasi megalomanioissasi
elative megalomaniastasi megalomanioistasi
illative megalomaniaasi megalomanioihisi
adessive megalomaniallasi megalomanioillasi
ablative megalomanialtasi megalomanioiltasi
allative megalomaniallesi megalomanioillesi
essive megalomanianasi megalomanioinasi
translative megalomaniaksesi megalomanioiksesi
abessive megalomaniattasi megalomanioittasi
instructive
comitative megalomanioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative megalomaniamme megalomaniamme
accusative nom. megalomaniamme megalomaniamme
gen. megalomaniamme
genitive megalomaniamme megalomanioidemme
megalomanioittemme
megalomaniaimme rare
partitive megalomaniaamme megalomanioitamme
inessive megalomaniassamme megalomanioissamme
elative megalomaniastamme megalomanioistamme
illative megalomaniaamme megalomanioihimme
adessive megalomaniallamme megalomanioillamme
ablative megalomanialtamme megalomanioiltamme
allative megalomaniallemme megalomanioillemme
essive megalomanianamme megalomanioinamme
translative megalomaniaksemme megalomanioiksemme
abessive megalomaniattamme megalomanioittamme
instructive
comitative megalomanioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative megalomanianne megalomanianne
accusative nom. megalomanianne megalomanianne
gen. megalomanianne
genitive megalomanianne megalomanioidenne
megalomanioittenne
megalomaniainne rare
partitive megalomaniaanne megalomanioitanne
inessive megalomaniassanne megalomanioissanne
elative megalomaniastanne megalomanioistanne
illative megalomaniaanne megalomanioihinne
adessive megalomaniallanne megalomanioillanne
ablative megalomanialtanne megalomanioiltanne
allative megalomaniallenne megalomanioillenne
essive megalomaniananne megalomanioinanne
translative megalomaniaksenne megalomanioiksenne
abessive megalomaniattanne megalomanioittanne
instructive
comitative megalomanioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative megalomaniansa megalomaniansa
accusative nom. megalomaniansa megalomaniansa
gen. megalomaniansa
genitive megalomaniansa megalomanioidensa
megalomanioittensa
megalomaniainsa rare
partitive megalomaniaansa megalomanioitaan
megalomanioitansa
inessive megalomaniassaan
megalomaniassansa
megalomanioissaan
megalomanioissansa
elative megalomaniastaan
megalomaniastansa
megalomanioistaan
megalomanioistansa
illative megalomaniaansa megalomanioihinsa
adessive megalomaniallaan
megalomaniallansa
megalomanioillaan
megalomanioillansa
ablative megalomanialtaan
megalomanialtansa
megalomanioiltaan
megalomanioiltansa
allative megalomanialleen
megalomaniallensa
megalomanioilleen
megalomanioillensa
essive megalomanianaan
megalomanianansa
megalomanioinaan
megalomanioinansa
translative megalomaniakseen
megalomaniaksensa
megalomanioikseen
megalomanioiksensa
abessive megalomaniattaan
megalomaniattansa
megalomanioittaan
megalomanioittansa
instructive
comitative megalomanioineen
megalomanioinensa

Synonyms

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Italian

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Etymology

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From megalo- +‎ mania.

Noun

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megalomania f (plural megalomanie)

  1. megalomania
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English megalomania, French mégalomanie, German Megalomanie.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛ.ɡa.lɔˈmaɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: me‧ga‧lo‧man‧ia

Noun

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megalomania f (related adjective megalomaniczny)

  1. (derogatory, literary) megalomania, delusion of grandeur (psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence)
    Synonyms: mania wielkości, megalomaństwo, pyszałkowatość, zarozumialstwo, zarozumiałość

Declension

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.maˈni.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.maˈni.a/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐ.lɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ/ [ˌmɛ.ɣɐ.lɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ]

  • Hyphenation: me‧ga‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

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megalomania f (plural megalomanias)

  1. megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)