megalomanias
Delusions of grandeur
Megalomanias is the plural of megalomania, the delusional belief in one's own power, importance, or superiority.
The word describes both a clinical condition and, more commonly, ordinary grandiosity taken to extremes: The megalomanias of various dictators have shaped modern history.
Someone might speak of multiple megalomanias when comparing different instances or varieties of such grandiose self-regard.
Firmly held false beliefs
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
obsessions · fantasies · paranoia · superiority · complexes · ego · self-aggrandizement · inflation
Bumps or bigwigs
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
- CEOsHighest corporate officers
- monopolistsSole market controllers
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
empires · expansions · takeovers · dominance · hubris · billionaires · oligarchs · conglomerates
French emperor, military genius
- HitlerNazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- CaesarRoman imperial title
- AlexanderMasculine Greek-origin name
Nero · Caligula · Mao · Mussolini · Genghis · pharaohs · tsars · kaisers
Rulers with total control
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
- autocratsRulers with unchecked power
- authoritariansRulers demanding total compliance
totalitarians · conquerors · emperors · regimes · dominion · expansionism · empires · rulers
delusions
Firmly held false beliefs
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
pathology · obsessions · fantasies · paranoia · superiority · complexes · ego · self-aggrandizement · inflation · symptoms
moguls
Bumps or bigwigs
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
- CEOsHighest corporate officers
- monopolistsSole market controllers
acquisitions · empires · expansions · takeovers · dominance · hubris · billionaires · oligarchs · conglomerates · overreach
Napoleon
French emperor, military genius
- HitlerNazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- CaesarRoman imperial title
Alexander · Nero · Caligula · Mao · Mussolini · Genghis · pharaohs · tsars · kaisers · imperialism
dictators
Rulers with total control
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
- autocratsRulers with unchecked power
authoritarians · totalitarians · conquerors · emperors · regimes · dominion · expansionism · empires · rulers · ambitions
megalomaniashumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · self-effacement · meekness · humbleness · inferiority complexes
megalomaniasservility
Excessive willingness to please
submissiveness · subservience · deference · obsequiousness · meekness
megalomaniasgroundedness
State of being anchored
self-awareness · equanimity · sanity · level-headedness · sobriety