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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries誇大妄想
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kodai mōsō
"彼の度を超えた態度は誇大妄想の表れだった。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others, often accompanied by delusions of grandeur and self-importance.
"His political ambitions were increasingly viewed as a symptom of dangerous megalomania." - 2
A psychological condition marked by grandiose delusions of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
"The dictator's megalomania led him to construct massive golden statues of himself across the country."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the late 19th century, the term combines the Greek root 'megas' (meaning 'great' or 'large') with the New Latin 'mania' (meaning 'madness' or 'frenzy'). It first entered clinical and psychological discourse in the 1890s to describe psychiatric conditions characterized by delusions of grandeur.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Megalomania" is said worldwide
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mégalomanie
Transliteration: /me.ɡa.lo.ma.ni/
"Les projets faraoniques du dirigeant reflétaient sa profonde mégalomanie."
Megalomanie
Transliteration: /meɡaloːmaˈniː/
"Seine Pläne zur Weltherrschaft zeugten von purer Megalomanie."
megalomania
Transliteration: /me.ɡa.lo.maˈni.a/
"La megalomania del dittatore portò il paese alla rovina."
megalomanía
Transliteration: /me.ɣa.lo.maˈni.a/
"Su delirio de grandeza era una clara muestra de megalomanía."
megalomania
Transliteration: /me.ɡa.lo.maˈni.a/
"O projeto grandioso do arquiteto foi criticado como puro fruto de megalomania."
अहंकारोन्माद
Transliteration: ahankarōnmad
"नेता की असीम महत्त्वाकांक्षा उसके अहंकारोन्माद को दर्शाती थी।"
夸大狂
Transliteration: kuàdàkuáng
"这位独裁者的夸大狂导致了一系列灾难性的决策。"
과대망상증
Transliteration: gwadaemangsangjeung
"그의 거대한 야망은 과대망상증에 가까웠다."
誇大妄想
Transliteration: kodai mōsō
"彼の度を超えた態度は誇大妄想の表れだった。"
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