Showing results for delusions of grandeur. Search instead for Delusions+of+Grandeur+(novel).

delusions of grandeur

NOUN

overestimation of one's own importance

Synonyms

WEAK

airs pretensions swank vain pretensions vaporing

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He packed oversight commissions with appointees who would rubber-stamp his delusions of grandeur and did the same with the Kennedy Center, whose new board promptly renamed the performing arts venue for him.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Some of those clubs had a big claim on being the greatest European bogey that caused the most damage to Celtic and the delusions of grandeur they have of themselves as a great European club.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

The show also tweaks the details of what happened on Booth’s last night to emphasize his delusions of grandeur, but Swanson says as a historian, he has no quibbles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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

I was sitting in Psychology 101 when the professor read the symptoms aloud from the overhead screen: depression, mania, paranoia, euphoria, delusions of grandeur and persecution.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover