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megalomania

[meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-uh] / ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ ni ə /
NOUN
egoism
Synonyms
STRONG
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity
WEAK
egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty shyness timidity
WEAK
altruism selflessness
NOUN
egoism/egotism
Synonyms
WEAK
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting
Antonyms
WEAK
altruism humility selflessness
NOUN
self-absorption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrogance egotism narcissism self-confidence selfishness
STRONG
assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-centeredness self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship superiority vainglory vanity
WEAK
egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement swellheadedness vaunting
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty shyness timidity
NOUN
self-centeredness
Synonyms
STRONG
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity
WEAK
egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement swellheadedness vaunting
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty shyness timidity
NOUN
self-involvement
Synonyms
WEAK
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-centeredness self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting
NOUN
vainness
Synonyms
WEAK
amour-propre arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness ego egocentricity egoism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

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Over six months, the New Times published 21 articles with headlines like “Rusesabagina’s Megalomania Has No Limit.”

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2020

In June, he appeared in Kassel - where his trial is now taking place - at an event called "Megalomania in the Art World".

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2013

They brand our gifts with fancy scientific names, such as Megalomania, Paranoia, Folie des grandeurs.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

Megalomania, meg-a-lō-mā′ni-a, n. the delusion that one is great or powerful.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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