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誇大妄想 (こだいもうそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
megalomania ; delusions of grandeur
yojijukugo (four-character idiom)
A four-character compound (yojijukugo) used in both clinical and everyday contexts to describe an exaggerated sense of self-importance or unrealistic grandiosity.
誇こ 大だい 妄もう 想そう 的てき な 発はつ 言げん が 目め 立だ つ 。
His megalomaniacal remarks stand out.
Kanji 妄 delusion, unnecessarily, without authority 想 idea, thought, conception Similar words 妄もう 想そう 誇大妄想 is a specific type of 妄想 (delusion), focusing on grandiosity, while 妄想 alone covers any delusion or fantasy.
自じ 己こ 過か 大だい 評ひょう 価か 自己過大評価 is a more clinical or descriptive phrase for overestimating oneself, whereas 誇大妄想 is a set compound often used in psychiatric contexts.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 誇大 (exaggeration, grandiosity) and 妄想 (delusion). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound is conventionally associated with the psychiatric concept of megalomania.
