different between megalomania vs diffidence

English

Etymology

First attested in 1890, from French mégalomanie; Surface etymology is megalo- +? -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???lo??me?ni?/, /?m???lo??me?nj?/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?

Noun

megalomania (countable and uncountable, plural megalomanias)

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

Synonyms

• (psychopathological condition): delusion of grandeur

Derived terms

• megalomaniac
• megalomaniacal

Translations

Italian

Etymology

megalo- +? mania

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanie)

1. megalomania

Related terms

• megalomane

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.?a.l??ma.?a/

Noun

megalomania f

1. megalomania

Synonym: megaloma?stwo

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) megaloman, megalomanka
• (adjective) megaloma?ski

Further reading

• megalomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

megalomania f (plural megalomanias)

1. megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)

English

Etymology

From Latin diff?dentiam (“distrust”), from diff?dere (“to mistrust”), from dis- and f?dere (“to trust”). Attested since ?1400. The original sense was antonymous with confidence, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?f?d?ns/

Noun

diffidence (countable and uncountable, plural diffidences)

1. The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
   • 1857, Brigham Young, Journal of Discources, Attention and Reflection Necessary to An Increase of Knowledge, etc.

     I have the same diffidence in my feelings that most public speakers have, and am apt to think that others can speak better and more edifying than I can.

   • 1897, José María de Pereda, translated by William Henry Bishop, Cleto's Proposal to Sotileza (an excerpt from Sotileza)

     "I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence, "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'
2. (obsolete) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI part I, act 3 scene 3

     [Charles, King of France]: We have been guided by thee hitherto,

     And of thy cunning had no diffidence:

     One sudden foil shall never breed distrust.

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