MEGALOMANIA


Meaning of MEGALOMANIA in English

ˌmegəlō, -lə also -gl- + noun

Etymology: New Latin, from megal- + mania

1. : a mania for or for doing great or grandiose things

an outburst of wildly extravagant commercial megalomania — Times Literary Supplement

2. : infantile feelings of omnipotence especially when retained in later life

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.