how to pronounce megalomania

/ˌmɛɡ.əl.əˈmɛɪ.ni.ə/

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megalomania is pronounced in six syllables

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mɛɡələmɛɪniə

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An example use of megalomania in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… today's theme is megalomania we're in …”

meanings of megalomania

noun:

  1. Narcissistic personality disorder.
  2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
  3. A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.

megalomania frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word megalomania occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics megalomania can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that megalomania can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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