Antonyms for megalomania

Grammar : Noun

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

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ ni ə

Definition of megalomania

Origin : "delusions of greatness," 1866, from French mégalomanie; see megalo- + mania "madness."

As in egoism : noun self-centeredness
As in self-absorption : noun egoism
As in self-centeredness : noun egoism
As in self-involvement : noun egoism
As in vainness : noun egotism
As in egoism/egotism : noun self-centeredness

Example sentences :

The old leonine fellow was transfigured, as though by megalomania.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

But does that sort of megalomania express a genuine self-confidence?
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks

For, if I could guess at the signs at all, it was megalomania.
Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions

His comrades claimed that he was suffering from megalomania.
Extract from : « A Little Garrison » by Fritz von der Kyrburg

But the megalomania of the Teutons has only been one of the contributory causes.
Extract from : « German Problems and Personalities » by Charles Sarolea

It is megalomania and egotism and the pride of the man in the Bible that waxed fat and kicked.
Extract from : « Greenmantle » by John Buchan

His megalomania naturally detracted from the esteem won by his piety.
Extract from : « Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Charles Eliot

That megalomania should have seized the mind of the Liberator under circumstances like these is not strange.
Extract from : « The Hispanic Nations of the New World » by William R. Shepherd

Megalomania, the vain imagination of being a superman, is generally characteristic of magicians.
Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read

Imperialism without noble imaginations, it seemed to him, was simply nationalism with megalomania.
Extract from : « The Research Magnificent » by H. G. Wells

Synonyms for megalomania

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