Synonyms for megalomaniac
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-ak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ niˌæk |
Top 10 synonyms for megalomaniac
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
- 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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