MEGALOMANIA

According to the DSM-5, individuals with NPD have most or all of the following symptoms, typically without commensurate qualities or accomplishments:^[8][11]

1. Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others
2. Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
3. Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions
4. Needing constant admiration from others
5. Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
6. Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
7. Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs
8. Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them
9. Pompous and arrogant demeanor

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megalomania

meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a

  (mĕg′ə-lō-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)

n.

1. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth,power, or omnipotence.

2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.

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meg′a·lo·ma′ni·ac′ n.

meg′a·lo·ma·ni′a·cal (-mə-nī′ə-kəl), meg′a·lo·man′ic (-măn′ĭk) adj.

megalomania

 (ˌmɛɡələʊˈmeɪnɪə)

n

1. (Psychology) a mental illness characterized by delusions of grandeur, power,wealth, etc

2. informal a lust or craving for power

ˌmegaloˈmaniac adj, n

megalomaniacal adj

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meg•a•lo•ma•ni•a

 (ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ ni ə) 

n.

1. a highly exaggerated or delusional concept of one's own importance.

2. an obsession with extravagant or grand things.

[1885–90]

meg`a•lo•ma′ni•ac, n.

meg`a•lo•ma•ni′a•cal (-məˈnaɪ ə kəl) meg`a•lo•man′ic (-ˈmæn ɪk) adj.

megalomania

1. Psychiatry. a form of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, orpower.
2. an obsession with doing extravagant or grand things. — megalomaniac, n. —megalomaniacal, adj.

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1. Medicine. a form of mental illness characterized by the unreasonable conviction inthe patient of his own greatness, goodness, power, or wealth.
2. an obsession with extravagant or grand actions. — megalomaniac, n., adj. —megalomaniacal, adj.

See also: Insanity

megalomania (n.) "delusions of greatness," 1866, from French mégalomanie; see megalo-+ mania "madness."

megalomania

Arising from exaggerated valuation of oneself, this state is characterized by delusionsof grandeur.

Noun

1.

megalomania - a psychological state characterized bydelusions of grandeur delusions of grandeur - a delusion (common inparanoia) that you are much greater and more powerfuland influential than you really are mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy - anydisease of the mind; the psychological state of someonewho has emotional or behavioral problems serious enoughto require psychiatric intervention When an official