Log in

Megalomania 1100 Words You Need Week 19 Day 1

Published on April 13th, 2020 | Last updated on April 13th, 2020 by | Category: 1100 Words You Need to Know Flashcards, English Vocabulary in Context | No Comments on Megalomania 1100 Words You Need Week 19 Day 1 | 68 Views | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Megalomania 1100 Words You Need

Megalomania 1100 Words You Need

/ˌmeg.əl.əˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ (noun)

a mental illness or disorder in which the person wants to have maximum power and authority for themselves and be able to control others excessively, greed for power, psychiatric disorder with delusions of power, power lust, overbearingness, tyranny, totalitarianism, autocracy, despotism, narcissism:

Megalomania is a mental illness. People with megalomania have delusional fantasies that they are more relevant (important) or powerful than they truly are. They have inflated self esteem and overestimate their powers and beliefs.

The word “megalomania” is no longer used in the mental health field, and is not mentioned in either the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD). Instead, this condition is now called narcissistic personality disorder. The condition affects both men and women.

The word “megalomania” comes from two Greek words: “μεγαλο” (megalo-), meaning large or great, and “μανία” (mania), meaning madness or frenzy.

Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/

Antonym: diffidence, inferiority complex

Adjective: megalomaniac

Noun: megalomaniac

Farsi: مرض بزرگ پندارى خويش ،جنون انجام کارهاى بزرگ

Leave a Comment

one × 1 =