Crossword Dictionary
Grandiose
grandiose - a
If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary.
affectedly grand or important; pompous
synonyms
hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, pretentious, extravagant, flamboyant
grandiosity
gradiosity - n
the quality of seeming impressive or important in an artificial or deliberately pompous way; pretentiousness.
Psychiatry. an exaggerated belief in one’s own importance, sometimes reaching delusional proportions, as a symptom of a mental illness such as manic disorder.
Grandiosity Psychology
In the field of psychology, the term grandiosity refers to an unrealistic sense of superiority, characterized by a sustained view of one's self as better than others, which is expressed by disdainfully criticising them, overinflating one's own capability and belittling them as inferior; and refers to a sense of personal uniqueness, the belief that few other people have anything in common with oneself, and that one can only be understood by a few, very special people. The personality trait of grandiosity is principally associated with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), but also is a feature in the occurrence and expression of antisocial personality disorder, and the manic and hypomanic episodes of bipolar disorder.