megalomania

megalomania

See also: megalomanía

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

megalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)

1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
   • 1936 Sept. 15, F. Scott Fitzgerald, letter to Beatrice Dance:

     As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy.

   Synonym: delusion of grandeur

   Antonym: micromania

2. (obsolete) Narcissistic personality disorder.
3. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

Derived terms

• megalomaniac
• megalomaniacal
• megalomanic

Translations

psychopathological condition

Catalan: megalomania f Chinese: Mandarin: 自大狂 (zh) (zìdàkuáng), 誇大狂／夸大狂 (zh) Czech: velikášství (cs) n Danish: storhedsvanvid n, megalomani (da) c Dutch: grootheidswaanzin (nl) m, megalomanie (nl) f, grootheidswaan (nl) m Faroese: stórlætisørskapur m, stórmennisørska f Finnish: suuruudenhulluus (fi), megalomania (fi) French: mégalomanie (fr) f German: Größenwahn (de) m Greek: μεγαλομανία (el) f (megalomanía) Hebrew: שִׁגְעוֹן גַּדְלוּת‎ m (shig'ón gadlút) Hungarian: megalománia Icelandic: mikilmennskubrjálæði n Lithuanian: didybės manija f Malay: megalomania Norwegian: stormannsgalskap m Portuguese: megalomania (pt) f Romanian: megalomanie (ro) f, grandomanie (ro) f Russian: ма́ния вели́чия (ru) f (mánija velíčija), мегалома́ния (ru) f (megalománija) Spanish: megalomanía (es) Swedish: storhetsvansinne (sv) n, megalomani (sv) c Turkish: megalomani (tr)

obsession

Dutch: grootheidswaanzin (nl) m Faroese: stórmennisørska f, stórlætisørskapur m Finnish: suuruudenhulluus (fi) German: Größenwahn (de) m Korean: 허영심 (ko) (heoyeongsim) Norwegian: stormannsgalskap m Spanish: megalomanía (es) f

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Catalan

Etymology

megalo- +‎ -mania

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mə.ɡə.lo.məˈni.ə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mə.ɡə.lu.məˈni.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.lo.maˈni.a/

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanies)

1. megalomania

Related terms

• megalòman

Further reading

• “megalomania” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English megalomania).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɡɑlomɑniɑ/, [ˈme̞ɡɑˌlo̞mɑˌniɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): me‧ga‧lo‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

megalomania

1. megalomania

Declension

Inflection of megalomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		megalomania	megalomaniat
genitive		megalomanian	megalomanioiden megalomanioitten
partitive		megalomaniaa	megalomanioita
illative		megalomaniaan	megalomanioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		megalomania	megalomaniat
accusative	nom.	megalomania	megalomaniat
	gen.	megalomanian
genitive		megalomanian	megalomanioiden megalomanioitten megalomaniainrare
partitive		megalomaniaa	megalomanioita
inessive		megalomaniassa	megalomanioissa
elative		megalomaniasta	megalomanioista
illative		megalomaniaan	megalomanioihin
adessive		megalomanialla	megalomanioilla
ablative		megalomanialta	megalomanioilta
allative		megalomanialle	megalomanioille
essive		megalomaniana	megalomanioina
translative		megalomaniaksi	megalomanioiksi
instructive		—	megalomanioin
abessive		megalomaniatta	megalomanioitta
comitative		—	megalomanioineen

Possessive forms of megalomania (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	megalomaniani	megalomaniamme
2nd person	megalomaniasi	megalomanianne
3rd person	megalomaniansa

Synonyms

• suuruudenhulluus

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Italian

Etymology

From megalo- +‎ mania.

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanie)

1. megalomania

Related terms

• megalomane

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.ɡa.lɔˈmaɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: me‧ga‧lo‧man‧ia

Noun

megalomania f

1. megalomania

   Synonym: megalomaństwo

Declension

Declension of megalomania

	singular	plural
nominative	megalomania	megalomanie
genitive	megalomanii	megalomanii/megalomanij (archaic)
dative	megalomanii	megalomaniom
accusative	megalomanię	megalomanie
instrumental	megalomanią	megalomaniami
locative	megalomanii	megalomaniach
vocative	megalomanio	megalomanie

Derived terms

adjective

• megalomański

 

nouns

• megaloman
• megalomanka

 

Further reading

• megalomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanias)

1. megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)