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delusions of grandeur

NOUN

overestimation of one's own importance

Synonyms

WEAK

airs pretensions swank vain pretensions vaporing

Example Sentences

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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

Sib has hands full right now with the partner’s delusions of grandeur.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

Did this give Robert Busson delusions of grandeur?

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022

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