megalomania
See also: megalomanía
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Translations edit
psychopathological condition
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obsession
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [mə.ɣə.lu.məˈni.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mə.ɣə.lo.məˈni.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [me.ɣa.lo.maˈni.a]
Noun edit
megalomania f (plural megalomanies)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “megalomania” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English megalomania).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
megalomania
Declension edit
Inflection 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 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 | ||
abessive | megalomaniatta | megalomanioitta | ||
instructive | — | megalomanioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
megalomania f (plural megalomanie)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
megalomania f
- megalomania
- Synonym: megalomaństwo
Declension edit
Declension of megalomania
singular | plural | |
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nominative | megalomania | megalomanie |
genitive | megalomanii | megalomanii/megalomanij (archaic) |
dative | megalomanii | megalomaniom |
accusative | megalomanię | megalomanie |
instrumental | megalomanią | megalomaniami |
locative | megalomanii | megalomaniach |
vocative | megalomanio | megalomanie |
Derived terms edit
adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
- megalomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧ga‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a
Noun edit
megalomania f (plural megalomanias)
- megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)