Question

megalomaniac When the governor started calling for arming his National Guard with nuclear weapons, the voters finally realized they had elected a megalomaniac. ˌmɛgəloʊˈmeɪniˌæk

Accepted Answer

A mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance. Since the Greek root megalo- means “large,” someone who is megalomaniacal has a mental disorder marked by feelings of personal grandeur. Megalomania has probably afflicted many rulers throughout history: The Roman emperor Caligula insisted that he be worshipped as a living god. Joseph Stalin suffered from the paranoia that often accompanies megalomania, and had thousands of his countrymen executed as a result. J.-B. Bokassa, dictator of a small and extremely poor African nation, proclaimed himself emperor of the country he renamed the Central African Empire. And even democratically elected leaders have often acquired huge egos as a result of public acclaim. But megalomaniac is generally thrown around as an insult and rarely refers to real mental illness

word	megalomaniac
definition	A mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance.
eg_sentence	When the governor started calling for arming his National Guard with nuclear weapons, the voters finally realized they had elected a megalomaniac.
explanation	Since the Greek root megalo- means “large,” someone who is megalomaniacal has a mental disorder marked by feelings of personal grandeur. Megalomania has probably afflicted many rulers throughout history: The Roman emperor Caligula insisted that he be worshipped as a living god. Joseph Stalin suffered from the paranoia that often accompanies megalomania, and had thousands of his countrymen executed as a result. J.-B. Bokassa, dictator of a small and extremely poor African nation, proclaimed himself emperor of the country he renamed the Central African Empire. And even democratically elected leaders have often acquired huge egos as a result of public acclaim. But megalomaniac is generally thrown around as an insult and rarely refers to real mental illness
IPA	ˌmɛgəloʊˈmeɪniˌæk

Mental Megalomaniac Disorder Marked Feelings Personal Elected Emperor