suuruudenhulluus
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːruːdenˌhulːuːs/, [ˈs̠uːruːde̞nˌhulːuːs̠]
- Rhymes: -ulːuːs
- Syllabification(key): suu‧ruu‧den‧hul‧luus
Noun edit
suuruudenhulluus
- delusion of grandeur, megalomania (the false belief that one is important or powerful or something is important; the act of constructing or planning to construct something concrete or abstract that is unrealistically big)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (delusion of grandeur, megalomania): megalomania
Further reading edit
- “suuruudenhulluus”, 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