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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Noun | 1. | megalomaniac - a pathological egotist |
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مُصاب بِجُنون العَظَمَه
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megalomániás
mikilmennskubrjálæîingur
megalomanmegalomanský
büyüklük hastası
megalomaniac
[ˈmegələʊˈmeɪnɪæk] N → megalómano/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
megalomaniac
adj person, ambition → größenwahnsinnig; (Psych) delusions → megaloman(isch); megalomaniac frenzy → Anfall m → von 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
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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