megalomania
Example Sentences
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He “has mystical tendencies, no common sense, and a Wagnerian taste for heroics and death. He was born loaded with vanities and has developed megalomania as his final decoration.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Some superstars hide their megalomania under humility; Williams shields his tenderness with jokes about being a narcissist, only exposing his wounds in his muscular, vulnerable lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
He added: “Ultimately I knew it was Cannes’ setting — more than a match for his own megalomania — that would convince him to come.”
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024
It’s early days, and it shows: Microsoft’s chatty new Bing beta recently creeped out a New York Times reporter with its megalomania and amorous advances.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2023
Several years before the great war began a Dutch humorist wrote a play on German megalomania.
From The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon by Hillis, Newell Dwight
