Synonyms for megalomaniac

Grammar : Adj

Spell : meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-ak

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ niˌæk

Top 10 synonyms for megalomaniac

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Définition of megalomaniac

Origin : 1882 (n.), 1883 (adj.), from megalomania (q.v.).
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. [Bertrand Russell, "The Conquest of Happiness"]

As in individualistic : adj egocentric
As in egocentric : adj thinking very highly of oneself

Example sentences :

That is the point overlooked by the megalomaniac school of Nietzsche and Shaw.
Extract from : « War and the Future » by H. G. Wells

But whisky transformed him from a twitching neurotic into a megalomaniac.
Extract from : « Captivity » by M. Leonora Eyles

He knew that megalomaniac Controllers were either captured or mobbed, and he had no wish to experience either.
Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

Mark Twain was a megalomaniac; only a megalomaniac could have advertised, as he did, for post-mortem obituaries of himself.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks

Pascal violently rejected the megalomaniac pride of the Stoic philosopher.
Extract from : « The Enchiridion » by Epictetus

Both worlds are egocentric, megalomaniac, filled to the full with unbridled human will and desire.
Extract from : « Darwin and Modern Science » by A.C. Seward and Others

Here was one Controller who neither looked nor acted like a megalomaniac.
Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

Before the war he liked to imitate the English, and posed as a German megalomaniac.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 » by Various

Was he a megalomaniac, or was his ego an effect of drugs upon a nerve-wracked constitution?
Extract from : « I Walked in Arden » by Jack Crawford

Antonyms for megalomaniac

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