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megalomania (s) (noun), megalomanias
1. An unreasonable conviction of self-importance regarding one's own extreme greatness, goodness, or power: The ideas in megalomanias are known as delusions of grandeur and are generally considered a part of schizophrenia or other psychoses.

Loosely, the megalomania is also used to describe a lopsided attachment or passion for, or for doing, things on a grand scale, or a tendency for wild exaggerations or conceit.

2. A type of delusion in which a person considers himself or herself possessed of greatness: Megalomania is when a person believes oneself to be a lawyer, a physician, a clergyman, a merchant, a prince, a top athlete in all divisions of sport, etc. while none of these are true.
A mania for doing great things.
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A mental disorder with delusions of grandeur.
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A desire to do something great when it is not possible.
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A mental disorder with delusions of great power.
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This entry is located in the following units: mania-, -mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic, -manically, -maniacally (page 16) megalo-, megal-, -megalia, -megaly (page 3)