megalomania
/ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/noun
megalomania is spelled M-E-G-A-L-O-M-A-N-I-A: 11 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megalomania means “A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megalomania is megalomanias.
How many letters and syllables are in megalomania?
| Letters | 11: M-E-G-A-L-O-M-A-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is megalomania?
Megalomania appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce megalomania?
- /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniə/
- /ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪnjə/
Megalomania has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-megalomania.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of megalomania
- megalomanias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megalomania mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
As to Ernest... He is quite as nervously broken down as I am but it manifests itself in different ways. His inclination is towards megalomania and mine towards melancholy.
- 2
obsoleteNarcissistic personality disorder.
- 3
An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megalomania in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense psychopathological condition:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mégalomanie |
| German | Größenwahn |
| Portuguese | megalomania |
| Spanish | megalomanía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does megalomania come from?
Borrowed from French mégalomanie; equivalent to megalo- + -mania.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).