megalomaniac

[ UK /mˌɛɡələmˈe‍ɪnɪˌæk/ ]
[ US /ˌmɛɡəɫoʊˈmeɪniˌæk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a pathological egotist
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How To Use megalomaniac In A Sentence

  • There's no insight into Alexander's transition from beloved leader to drunken megalomaniac; one minute he has his subjects hanging on his every word, and then next thing you know he's declaring himself a god.
  • The game is designed to be fun to play and a lighthearted approach to being a evil scheming megalomaniac, so although there are many different ways of being evil, there is no slavery or genocide.
  • At best, he's a vain, insecure man; at worst, he's a paranoid megalomaniac narcissist.
  • The real blame for the continuation in office of the increasingly megalomaniacal Maire lies with the Liberals.
  • Blofeldism, an impossible and megalomaniac belief in world domination, is a perfect parody of Nazism and Stalinism —just as empty and just as deluded, although, thanks to 007, not nearly as deadly.
  • Though cross-island expressways had been envisioned by the Regional Plan Association in the 1920s, it was in the postwar years that the megalomaniacal urban planner Robert Moses made Lomex — a proposed 200-foot-wide swath along Broome Street requiring the demolition of buildings housing at least 1,972 families and 804 businesses — the centerpiece of his vision to modernize New York. Indignation Superhighway
  • With its bad language and schoolboy humour, Alfred Jarry's first and most influential play is the story of Mum and Dad Ubu, two gloriously evil megalomaniacs, who spur each other on to overthrow the regime.
  • If what he says is a tissue of lies, he is a megalomaniac.
  • My definition of a neocon is the extreme right fringe who are unattractive patriarchal WASP megalomaniacs that were bullied in grade school, so they now try to fight everyone with someone else†™ s blood, sweat and tears. Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 11, 2006
  • His methods aren't subtle but when you have megalomaniacal ambitions it's easy not to be shy about getting your hands dirty while disposing of assorted Latino gangsters.
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