megalomaniac

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But anyone who isn't a megalomaniac knows that that sort of adulation is a distant illusion.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

Lockshin created a Moscow that never existed, full of the “monumental megalomaniac architecture” that Stalin had envisioned but never completed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Where critics see an erratic megalomaniac, fans see a visionary working toward our long-term survival.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

He also continued with his megalomaniac delusions and lies, telling Carlson that the court officials cried and apologized to him when he was arrested and arraigned in New York.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2023

Talent contests and megalomaniac record producers have always paired ingenue wannabes with experienced songwriters, for instance, cashing in quickly on success before the public's appetite for novelty fades.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall