megalomania
See also: megalomanía
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun
editmegalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)
- 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
- 1936 Sept. 15, F. Scott Fitzgerald, letter to Beatrice Dance:
- (obsolete) Narcissistic personality disorder.
- An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpsychopathological condition
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Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [mə.ɣə.lu.məˈni.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mə.ɣə.lo.məˈni.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [me.ɣa.lo.maˈni.a]
Noun
editmegalomania f (plural megalomanies)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “megalomania” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English megalomania).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmegalomania
Declension
editInflection of megalomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “megalomania”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Italian
editEtymology
editNoun
editmegalomania f (plural megalomanie)
Related terms
editPolish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; compare English megalomania, French mégalomanie, German Megalomanie.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmegalomania f (related adjective megalomaniczny)
- (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
editDeclension of megalomania
singular | |
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nominative | megalomania |
genitive | megalomanii |
dative | megalomanii |
accusative | megalomanię |
instrumental | megalomanią |
locative | megalomanii |
vocative | megalomanio |
Related terms
editadjectives
adverbs
nouns
Further reading
edit- megalomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- megalomania in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: me‧ga‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a
Noun
editmegalomania f (plural megalomanias)
- megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms prefixed with megalo-
- English terms suffixed with -mania
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪniə
- Rhymes:English/eɪniə/6 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Manias
- Catalan terms prefixed with megalo-
- Catalan terms suffixed with -mania
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Manias
- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish 6-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ/6 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- Italian terms prefixed with megalo-
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish 5-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/aɲja
- Rhymes:Polish/aɲja/5 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish derogatory terms
- Polish literary terms
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Manias
- Portuguese 6-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns