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MEGALOMANIAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does megalomaniac mean?
• MEGALOMANIAC (noun)
The noun MEGALOMANIAC has 1 sense:
1. a pathological egotist
Familiarity information: MEGALOMANIAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pathological egotist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("megalomaniac" is a kind of...):
egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)
Derivation:
megalomaniacal (suffering from megalomania)
Context examples
In my opinion he's just a homicidal megalomaniac with a turn for science.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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