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誇大妄想 (kodaimousou) Japanese meaning: megalomania | Kotomora
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もう
想そう
に
取と
り
憑つ
か
れ
て
いる
よう
だ
。
He seems to be possessed by delusions of grandeur.
His megalomaniacal remarks stand out.
Kanji 妄 delusion, unnecessarily, without authority 想 idea, thought, conception Related 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.
