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Grandiosity

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Grandiosity
An exaggerated belief or claim of one’s importance or identity, manifest by delusions of wealth, power, or fame
grandiosity
Psychiatry An exaggerated belief or claims of one's importance or identity, manifest by delusions of wealth, power, or fame. See Manic episode, Bipolar disorder.
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Pavel Haas Quartet gives dazzling performance by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
But the Ferris wheel with its whopping total of six seats lacks the grandiosity of the county or state fairs.
Keeping it quaint by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
I tend to grandiosity and absurdity, petulance and pride when my work is challenged" - Rock star Pete Townshend.
They say by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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