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51delusions of grandeur — noun a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are • Hypernyms: ↑delusion, ↑psychotic belief • Part Holonyms: ↑megalomania * * * delusions of grandeur A mistaken belief in one s… …
52Egotism — is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of self. Egotism means placing oneself at the center of one s world with no direct concern for others. It is closely related to narcissism, or loving one s self, and the possible tendency… …
53egotism — /ee geuh tiz euhm, eg euh /, n. 1. excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness. 2. selfishness; self centeredness; egoism. [1705 15; < L ego EGO + ISM; t perh. after DESPOTISM, IDIOTISM2] Syn …
54overestimate — overestimates, overestimating, overestimated (The verb is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvəre̱stɪmeɪt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvəre̱stɪmət[/t]].) 1) VERB If you say that someone overestimates something, you mean that they think it is greater in… …
55sense — n. & v. n. 1 a any of the special bodily faculties by which sensation is roused (has keen senses; has a dull sense of smell). b sensitiveness of all or any of these. 2 the ability to perceive or feel or to be conscious of the presence or… …
56Egolessness — In psychology, egolessness is an emotional state where one feels no ego (or self); of having no distinct being apart from the world around oneself. From the view of Western psychoanalysis and therapy, the state of oneness can be either positive… …
57self-important — self importance, n. self importantly, adv. /self im pawr tnt, self /, adj. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one s own importance; pompously conceited or haughty. [1765 75] * * * …
58egoism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. individualism, selfishness, self seeking, conceit. See vanity. Ant., humility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. selfishness, egocentricity, vanity, pride; see egotism . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1.… …
59egotism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vanity, self exaltation, [self ]conceit. See selfishness. Ant., humility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. egoism, conceit, vanity, pride, assurance, self love, narcissism, self confidence, self glorification …
60bighead — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. An exaggerated belief in one s own importance: egoism, egotism, self importance. Informal: bigheadedness, swelled head. See SELF LOVE …
