megalomania
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He “has mystical tendencies, no common sense, and a Wagnerian taste for heroics and death. He was born loaded with vanities and has developed megalomania as his final decoration.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Some superstars hide their megalomania under humility; Williams shields his tenderness with jokes about being a narcissist, only exposing his wounds in his muscular, vulnerable lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
He added: “Ultimately I knew it was Cannes’ setting — more than a match for his own megalomania — that would convince him to come.”
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
As innumerable clinical psychologists have pointed out, both share megalomania and unbridled malignant narcissism.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2024
It seems as if the last triumphant speech of Oedipus, "fey" and almost touched with megalomania as it was, had carried the feeling of the Chorus with it.
From Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Murray, Gilbert
Vocabulary lists containing megalomania
Ender's Game
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It's Madness!: Mania
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 36
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