megalomania
has definitions from the fields of psychology,psychiatry
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[ noun ] (psychology,psychiatry) a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)fearful of being mistaken for a Jew , he seeks protection in his Nazi uniform ; clinging to the enemy Jew idea , he is forced to overcome habits of politeness and neighborliness ; once in power he begins to give_vent to a criminal opportunism that causes him to alternate between megalomania and envy of those above him . Related terms |
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