Explore Megalomania through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like psychopathy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Megalomania in a sentence
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Megalomania meaning
- A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
- Narcissistic personality disorder.
- An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
Synonyms of Megalomania
Using Megalomania
- The main meaning on this page is: A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. | Narcissistic personality disorder. | An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
- Useful related words include: mental illness, mental disease, psychopathy.
- In the example corpus, megalomania often appears in combinations such as: of megalomania, megalomania and.
Context around Megalomania
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Megalomania
- In this selection, "megalomania" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, globalist, indulgence, misguided, behind, mad and leads stand out and add context to how "megalomania" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against globalist megalomania and is solipsistic megalomania taken up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "megalomania" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with megalomania
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She surpasses even Joan Crawford in terms of megalomania. (9 words)
Critics were never been too impressed with the showman, dismissing his cinema as an example of indulgence, megalomania and extravaganza. (20 words)
However, in a paradoxical way, the culture of worshipping the former contributed to the megalomania and authoritarianism of the latter. (20 words)
Although staunchly opposed to the Left on societal issue of grave importance, Bolsonaro is ultimately being pushed in the direction of the Latin American anti-imperialist tradition by asserting national sovereignty against globalist megalomania. (34 words)
His daughter, Mary, said that he had acted out of a sense of responsibility, rather than megalomania; he was offered no encouragement, and was left feeling depressed and frustrated. (29 words)
The theme of both The House on Lily Street and Bad Ronald is solipsistic megalomania, taken up again in the "Demon Princes" cycle of science fiction novels. (27 words)
Example sentences (11)
Sometimes he’s even called “bad Badtz Maru” and he’s basically Bart Simpson if Bart were a penguin with a touch of megalomania.
Although staunchly opposed to the Left on societal issue of grave importance, Bolsonaro is ultimately being pushed in the direction of the Latin American anti-imperialist tradition by asserting national sovereignty against globalist megalomania.
His former girlfriend, Anna Maria, is working to teach him to be a decent person, and he is showing signs of leaving his megalomania behind.
One of the most successful and influential games ever made, The Sims is an outlet for megalomania, mad materialism or compassion – depending on the player.
Critics were never been too impressed with the showman, dismissing his cinema as an example of indulgence, megalomania and extravaganza.
However, in a paradoxical way, the culture of worshipping the former contributed to the megalomania and authoritarianism of the latter.
It would be a national act of misguided megalomania if Trudeau decided to buy the project outright, as Premier Notley of Alberta has threatened to do.
According to Rob Craig, in Bride Lugosi for the last time plays "a charismatic villain whose megalomania leads to downfall and destruction".
His daughter, Mary, said that he had acted out of a sense of responsibility, rather than megalomania; he was offered no encouragement, and was left feeling depressed and frustrated.
She surpasses even Joan Crawford in terms of megalomania.
The theme of both The House on Lily Street and Bad Ronald is solipsistic megalomania, taken up again in the "Demon Princes" cycle of science fiction novels.
Common combinations with megalomania
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of megalomania 2×
- megalomania and 2×