I couldn't find much about it in the search engine, so I wasn't sure if it was real or a made up Psychological condition. I got it from a Dean Koontz book...lol so maybe it's something he came up with. Anyone know what i'm referring to?
2006-10-11 07:51:14 · 15 answers · asked by LibraT 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Megalomania is not the same as narcissism (extreme self love). It is a feeling of a sense of godly like grandiose at all times.
It is not made up because you're now reading the texts of a megolomaniac right infront of your eyes.
2006-10-11 08:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by Tosh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, Megalomania is sort of a god complex. Its a thought process where one believes that one is at the same level of kings and gods, even in a mundane setting such as day to day life.
Wikipedia offers the following:
Megalomania ( from the Greek word μεγαλομανία) is a psychopathological condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. It includes an obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. It is sometimes symptomatic of manic or paranoid disorders.
2006-10-11 14:59:52 · answer #2 · answered by Takfam 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's real. It's usually someone who believes that they're infallible/can do no wrong. Misadjusted ego. Try looking under 'narcissism'. Not necessarily the same thing, but one is a condition of the other. For example, some people would call Donald Trump a megalomaniac. Or P. Diddy. Or Bill Clinton.
2006-10-11 14:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by QueenOfChaos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Throughout History famous War Lords were as insane like that a list??? GB... Just about any president currently involved in the Irak,Iran Korea and Paki Afghanistan China mixed up, Japan attacked from underneath... Look up tremors... And of all places, America invaded abroad. How Megalomania develops over the top .... There's always a madman, with a secret bet going on... To go down in history as the cruelest leader of...... Megalomania land... Idi Amin... Pol Pot... The children abusers from Thailand and Cambodia... Chines in Power know very well how to hide genocide on the parents of the Tjien a Min square... Overall family fathers and sons, suppressing their wives and girl children, while in more robust Nature . Cheap defense against foreign armies getting lost between the border and the first village on the road.. Stuck in rough country so to speak.. I wish.. I wish... that I could be so bad.... as to excommunicate AL these MegALo's from al our heads... How megalo am I getting... I cater to the ex communicator sounds like a real job to me... But I've been thrown aside by Balkenende who's Potter act is nowhere near as funny as the real Harry... Who ever dreams himself a throne should get in line with the rest... The Pope Benedict can't very well proclaim to be the spokesperson for something as invisible as All is After all these He still hasn't learned to be humble yet... For he sits where JC never even wanted to push his Mary to... She didn't want it knowing Peter and the other alcoholics, from the falsified church mowing around itself in Colonial mad expansion... Henry 8 had six wives.... Bluebeard horror story was based on that... Romania took the credit with Count Vlad Dracul... A women's matter... Priests in The Congo have to takre a third of the Blamre... The other third is for the Black voodoo (magic out of murdered spirits enerrgy) amongst all tribes, Thre people letrting themselvers into a bloodrage stemming from this magic Al Hitlers on the personal rage Path... Afrika tell me honest.. would you stop genociding because of insane black fantasy telling you to start on a rampage ... I actually have no hope, but I can keep the Faith. Emperors, and Warlords ...All dangerous loons in my Lunatic asylum such as Earth.... .
2006-10-11 15:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Alma of Avalon Grailguard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've heard of it. Dean Koontz did not invent the word. Try looking in the dictionary. See my reference below.
2006-10-11 15:01:38 · answer #5 · answered by Svieta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Megalomaniacs. Hitler Ghengis Khan Napoleon and the like A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
2006-10-12 00:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by NuMi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you made a mistake in the spelling, dear. There were over 1 million results for 'megalomania' in Google.
Here's a good definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania
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2006-10-11 15:03:50 · answer #7 · answered by Spica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it refers to someone who is absolutely obsessed with power. Most successful world leaders are megalomaniacs. They seek and enjoy wielding power. In and of itself, megalomania is not bad. It is what the person in power does with his/her power that is a measure of his/her worth as a leader.
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2006-10-11 15:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by No one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, it's real..
megalomania- a delusional mental disorder that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur
2006-10-11 15:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a ridiculously inflated ego... such as Al Franken... Terrell Owens.... you get the idea... this is a fairly common issue.
2006-10-11 14:59:07 · answer #10 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋