megalomania
See also: megalomanía
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun
megalomania (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
Translations
psychopathological condition
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obsession
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Related terms
- megalòman
Further reading
- “megalomania” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English megalomania).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɡɑlomɑniɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑˌlo̞mɑˌniɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): me‧ga‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a
Declension
| 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 megalomaniainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | megalomanioin | |
| abessive | megalomaniatta | megalomanioitta | |
| comitative | — | megalomanioineen | |
| Possessive forms of megalomania (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | megalomaniani | megalomaniamme |
| 2nd person | megalomaniasi | megalomanianne |
| 3rd person | megalomaniansa | |
Italian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.ɡa.lɔˈmaɲ.ja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɲja
- Syllabification: me‧ga‧lo‧man‧ia
Declension
Declension of megalomania
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | megalomania | megalomanie |
| genitive | megalomanii | megalomanii/megalomanij (archaic) |
| dative | megalomanii | megalomaniom |
| accusative | megalomanię | megalomanie |
| instrumental | megalomanią | megalomaniami |
| locative | megalomanii | megalomaniach |
| vocative | megalomanio | megalomanie |
Further reading
- megalomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
megalomania f (plural megalomanias)
- megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)
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