grandiosity

Example Sentences

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In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The terms all apply to him: "pattern of grandiosity," "fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance," "lacks empathy," "requires excessive admiration."

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, outlines nine behavioral patterns involving grandiosity, empathy, and a person’s need for admiration, of which a patient must meet at least five for a formal diagnosis of NPD.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2024

It poses a challenge: How do you translate big-budget splendor and grandiosity for viewers largely watching on tiny mobile screens?

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee