delusions of grandeur
thebeliefthat you are moreimportantorpowerfulthan you really are
自大，自命不凡Showing arrogance and conceit
- (as) proud as Luciferidiom
- airs and gracesidiom
- arrogant
- arrogantly
- as ifyouowned the placeidiom
- egocentric
- egocentrically
- egoistic
- egomaniacal
- egotistic
- overweeningly
- patronize
- patronizing
- pomposity
- pompous
- talk down tosomeone
- think the (whole) world revolves aroundyouidiom
- throwyourweight aroundidiom
- tin god
- toffee-nosed
Examplesofdelusions of grandeur
delusions of grandeur
There is also a common theme here:delusionsofgrandeur.
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A few of these were vanity labels created with little capital outlay to satisfy their owners'delusionsofgrandeurand more.
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It is one of thosedelusionsofgrandeurfrom which we suffer.
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I believe that too many people havedelusionsofgrandeurabout our military rôle abroad.
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Yesterday, there was an elderly gentleman on our television screens—an elderly gentleman suffering fromdelusionsofgrandeur.
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The scheme was conceived in the 1960s by politicians and planners withdelusionsofgrandeur.
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I suggest that there are slight undertones ofdelusionsofgrandeurin this type of phrase.
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The ordinary people of this country have no need for thedelusionsofgrandeurwhich huge-scale blocks of flats provide.
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His true plan is world domination as he tends to havedelusionsofgrandeur.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Various parsings of these events had him suffering from what could be described asdelusionsofgrandeurand paranoia.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name is a reference to the psychotic disorder ofdelusionsofgrandeur.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was accused of havingdelusionsofgrandeurand little knowledge of the realities of world politics and power.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mossberry, an influential squirrel withdelusionsofgrandeur, sees the impending disaster as an opportunity to rise to power.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In his view, narcissists have lost their true self, the core of their personality, which has been replaced bydelusionsofgrandeur, a false self.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is a professional model who hasdelusionsofgrandeur.
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- consent order
- consent provision
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- consent requirement
- consequence
- consequence analysis
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- consequence of climate change
- consequent
- consequential damage
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- consequential-damages
- consequential decision
- consequentialism
- consequentialist
- consequential loss
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- consequent need
- consequent reduction in
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