Word: megalomania
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...after all, this is but one more deviation from that norm which some would like to maintain under the name of truth. The American Mercury will never cure Mr. Babbitt nor will Mr. Babbitt cure the American Mercury of incipient megalomania. Both are facets of the uncut diamond which is American life: both are, in their particular fashion, delightful or disgusting as the critic may believe at the time...
...Napoleon as an egoist surpassed in his megalomania the mere self-interest which distinguished the whole life of Byron. Napoleon was incapable of admiring anyone; Byron admired Napoleon, but he saw his shortcomings...
...Meistersinger is Wagner's " human " opera. In The Ring he is accused of megalomania; in Tristan of hysteric; in Parsifal of religiosity. But in Die Meistersinger his only fault is length. And that perhaps is the fault of a restless and rapid age rather than of the master...
...usual grist of light jingles; an accurate and appropriate editorial with just a touch of joviality; special notices and printed notes of average entertaining power; some rules for the deportment of Freshmen at beer nights,--excellent if seriously meant; a timely satire upon our besetting sin of megalomania; and a truly amusing "take-off" of Mr. Walter Camp's "last words" on football...