delusions of grandeur

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He was forced out because fans and board had delusions of grandeur after Moyes won the club silverware and now it's a relegation battle the club look ill equipped for.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

At the other end of the scale are people with bipolar type 1 who have psychotic delusions of grandeur.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024

There were early warnings in the 1997 role-playing game Final Fantasy VII that Cloud Strife harbored delusions of grandeur.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Take delusions of grandiosity one step further and you get delusions of grandeur, one of the most widespread forms of delusion.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

She had to make a great effort not to throw at them their prissiness, their poverty of spirit, their delusions of grandeur.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez