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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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In another, a TCU running back was busting his way through tackles on third and long, rumbling his way into the end zone, deflating any delusions of grandeur.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

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

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

If people who try to help a narcissist validate their delusions, "it can swell out of control into megalomania, delusions of grandeur, and grotesque abuses of power."

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2023

I reached for some explanation and strange words came to mind, words I’d learned only minutes before: paranoia, mania, delusions of grandeur and persecution.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover