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megalomania

[meg-uh-loh-mey-nee-uh] / ˌmɛg ə loʊˈmeɪ ni ə /
NOUN
egoism
Synonyms
STRONG
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity
WEAK
egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty shyness timidity
WEAK
altruism selflessness
NOUN
egoism/egotism
Synonyms
WEAK
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting
Antonyms
WEAK
altruism humility selflessness
NOUN
self-absorption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrogance egotism narcissism self-confidence selfishness
STRONG
assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-centeredness self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship superiority vainglory vanity
WEAK
egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement swellheadedness vaunting
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty shyness timidity
NOUN
self-centeredness
Synonyms
STRONG
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity
WEAK
egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement swellheadedness vaunting
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty shyness timidity
NOUN
self-involvement
Synonyms
WEAK
arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-centeredness self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting
NOUN
vainness
Synonyms
WEAK
amour-propre arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness ego egocentricity egoism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

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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

As innumerable clinical psychologists have pointed out, both share megalomania and unbridled malignant narcissism.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2024

Financial thrombosis is not unknown as one of the obscurer forms of megalomania.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920 by Various