delusions of grandeur

1. 1.

   a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are

   Broaderdelusion

   Part ofmegalomania

Questions about delusions of grandeur

What does delusions of grandeur mean?

delusions of grandeur means "a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are".

Is delusions of grandeur a common word?

delusions of grandeur is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.