megalomaniac


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meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a

 (mĕg′ə-lō-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)
n.
1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

meg′a·lo·ma′ni·ac′ n.
meg′a·lo·ma·ni′a·cal (-mə-nī′ə-kəl), meg′a·lo·man′ic (-măn′ĭk) adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.megalomaniac - a pathological egotistmegalomaniac - a pathological egotist    
egoist, egotist, swellhead - a conceited and self-centered person
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Translations
مُصاب بِجُنون العَظَمَه
-kamegaloman
der lider af storhedsvanvidperson
megalomániás
mikilmennskubrjálæîingur
megalomanmegalomanský
büyüklük hastası

megalomaniac

[ˈmegələʊˈmeɪnɪæk] Nmegalómano/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

megalomaniac

[ˌmɛgələʊˈmeɪniæk] nmégalomane mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

megalomaniac

nGrößenwahnsinnige(r) mf; he’s a megalomaniacer leidet an Größenwahn, er ist größenwahnsinnig
adj person, ambitiongrößenwahnsinnig; (Psych) delusionsmegaloman(isch); megalomaniac frenzyAnfall mvon Megalomanie or Größenwahn
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

megalomaniac

[ˌmɛgələʊˈmeɪnɪæk] nmegalomane m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

megalomania

(megələˈmeiniə) noun
the idea, usually false, that one is great or powerful, combined with a passion for more greatness or power.
ˌmegaloˈmaniac (-ӕk) adjective, noun
(of) a person having megalomania. That country is in the power of a dangerous megalomaniac.
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In my opinion he's just a homicidal megalomaniac with a turn for science.
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Catholic bishops later lashed back at the President for urging the people to kill prelates, with one bishop calling him 'sick and a megalomaniac.'
And by taking back the lower house, it's given a bit of hope back to anyone who would prefer the US not to be run by a thin-skinned megalomaniac.
Owusu has that uncanny skill of portraying a megalomaniac who can still retain a degree of sympathy, particularly during the demise of his wife when his grief is overpoweringly emotional and her "dead-weight" realism perturbingly authentic.
Yet Owusu has that uncanny skill of portraying a megalomaniac who can still retain a degree of sympathy, particularly during the demise of wife Zenocrate (Rosy McEwen, above) when his grief is overpowering.
Some have called the president a megalomaniac, which is rather harsh, but he certainly exhibits some of the symptoms.
Analyst Saso Ordanoski in Sloboden Pecat criticizes that we have not witnessed nor will we witness the dislocation or complete removal of at least some of the marble and bronze statues of the megalomaniac project of Gruevski, "Skopje 2014".
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation," (https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/870271900236345345) called the president "a racist and sexist megalomaniac" during the speech, which received backlash from the alt-right after a Fox News on the speech aired.
SIR Roger Moore has shared the screen with a lot of megalomaniac characters, but even he draws the line at Theresa May.
In Singelik and in the surrounding villages, which are mostly populated by Albanians, the sewage infrastructure hasn't been restored in decades, and government continues to spend the budget on megalomaniac barren projects.