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megalomaniac

/ˌmeɡ.ə.ləʊˈmeɪ.ni.æk/

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noun

/ˌmeɡ.ə.ləʊˈmeɪ.ni.æk/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека с патологической одержимостью собственной властью, значимостью или величием.

A noun referring to a person who has an obsessive and pathological preoccupation with their own power, importance, or grandeur.

  1. Pathological egotistC1formal

    A person who has an obsessive and unrealistic sense of their own power, importance, or greatness.

    ruМегаломан

    • The dictator was a classic megalomaniac, demanding statues of himself everywhere.
    • He's a megalomaniac who believes he can single-handedly run the entire company.
    • Historians often describe the emperor as a dangerous megalomaniac.

    Synonymsegomaniacegotistnarcissist

    Antonymsaltruist

Forms
  • megalomaniacs plural form
  • megalomaniacs' possessive plural form
  • megalomaniac's possessive singular form