different between megalomania vs maniac

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

Alternative forms

• maniack (obsolete)

Etymology

From mania +? -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (maniakós), adjectival form of ????? (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?me?ni?æk/
• Hyphenation: ma?ni?ac
• Rhymes: -e?n?æk

Noun

maniac (plural maniacs)

1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maniac.

Synonyms

• madling

Derived terms

• brainiac
• trainiac

Related terms

• -maniac
• mania
• maniacal

Translations

Anagrams

• Mancia, caiman, mancia

Romanian

Etymology

From French maniaque.

Adjective

maniac m or n (feminine singular maniac?, masculine plural maniaci, feminine and neuter plural maniace)

1. maniacal

Declension