megalomania

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• /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/
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• /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/
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• CMU ARPABET: M EH2 G AH0 L OW0 M EY1 N IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ма́ния за вели́чие (mánija za velíčie) — psychopathological condition
• Bulgarian: мегалома́ния (megalománija) — psychopathological condition
• Catalan: megalomania — psychopathological condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 自大狂 (zìdàkuáng) — psychopathological condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 誇大狂 /夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng) — psychopathological condition
• Czech: velikášství — psychopathological condition
• Danish: storhedsvanvid — psychopathological condition
• Danish: megalomani — psychopathological condition
• Dutch: grootheidswaanzin — psychopathological condition
• Dutch: megalomanie — psychopathological condition
• Dutch: grootheidswaan — psychopathological condition
• Faroese: stórlætisørskapur — psychopathological condition
• Faroese: stórmennisørska — psychopathological condition
• Finnish: suuruudenhulluus — psychopathological condition
• Finnish: megalomania — psychopathological condition
• French: mégalomanie — psychopathological condition
• German: Größenwahn — psychopathological condition
• Greek: μεγαλομανία (megalomanía) — psychopathological condition
• Hebrew: שִׁגְעוֹן גַּדְלוּת (shig'ón gadlút) — psychopathological condition
• Hungarian: megalománia — psychopathological condition
• Icelandic: mikilmennskubrjálæði — psychopathological condition
• Indonesian: megalomania — psychopathological condition
• Japanese: 誇大妄想 (kodai mōsō) — psychopathological condition
• Japanese: メガロマニア (megaromania) — psychopathological condition
• Lithuanian: didybės manija — psychopathological condition
• Malay: megalomania — psychopathological condition
• Norwegian: stormannsgalskap — psychopathological condition
• Portuguese: megalomania — psychopathological condition
• Romanian: megalomanie — psychopathological condition
• Romanian: grandomanie — psychopathological condition
• Russian: ма́ния вели́чия (mánija velíčija) — psychopathological condition
• Russian: мегалома́ния (megalománija) — psychopathological condition
• Spanish: megalomanía — psychopathological condition
• Swedish: storhetsvansinne — psychopathological condition
• Swedish: megalomani — psychopathological condition
• Turkish: megalomani — psychopathological condition
• Dutch: grootheidswaanzin — obsession
• Faroese: stórmennisørska — obsession
• Faroese: stórlætisørskapur — obsession
• Finnish: suuruudenhulluus — obsession
• German: Größenwahn — obsession
• Korean: 허영심 (heoyeongsim) — obsession
• Norwegian: stormannsgalskap — obsession
• Spanish: megalomanía — obsession