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DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("delusions of grandeur" is a kind of...):
delusion; psychotic belief ((psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary)
Holonyms ("delusions of grandeur" is a part of...):
megalomania (a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur)