Megalomania is an obsession with power and wealth, and a passion for grand schemes. Megalomania or megalomaniac may also refer to:

Psychology

Narcissistic personality disorder Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, a diminished ability or unwillingness to empathize with other ...

Grandiose delusions Grandiose delusions (GD), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, are a subtype of delusion that occur in patients with a wide range of psychiatric diseases, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorde ...

Omnipotence (psychoanalysis) Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited wikt:power, power. Monotheism, Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to the deity of their faith. In the monotheistic religious philosophy of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence i ...

, a stage of child development

Albums

* ''Megalomania'' (Aqua album), 2011 * '' Mania velichia'' or ''Megalomania'', a 1985 album by Aria * ''Megalomania'' (Enslavement of Beauty album), 2001 * ''Megalomania'', a 2014 album by

Kissin' Dynamite Kissin' Dynamite is a German heavy metal band from Burladingen and Münsingen. History Kissin' Dynamite started as a school band. Since 2007, the band has worked with the Flensburg production team Elephant Music. At the end of 2007, they sta ...

Songs

* "Megalomaniac" (Incubus song), 2004 * "Megalomaniac" (KMFDM song), 1997 * "Megalomania", a 2013 song by

Truckfighters Truckfighters are a Swedish rock band from Örebro, formed in 2001. History Truckfighters was formed in Örebro, Sweden in 2001. After releasing EPs in 2001 and 2002, they recorded a split-EP with local Swedish band Firestone in 2003. In 2 ...

and Firestone, from "Fuzzsplit of the Century" * "Megalomaniac", a 2003 song by +/- from '' You Are Here'' * "Megalomaniac", a 2021 song by Aeseaes from "Shapeshifter" * "Megalomania", a 1975 song by Black Sabbath from ''

Sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a ''saboteur''. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identitie ...

'' * "Megalomania", a 1983 song by the Blood from ''

False Gestures for a Devious Public ''False Gestures for a Devious Public'' is the Blood's debut album, originally released in late 1983 on the short lived Noise label, and which reached No. 5 in the Independent Chart. Uber Rock website noted that "Back in 1983 the album ‘False G ...

'' * "Megalomania", a 1991 song by Therion from '' Of Darkness...'' * "Megalomania", a 1992 song by Pele from ''

Fireworks Fireworks are a class of Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a l ...

'' * "Megalomania", the boss music from the 1994 video game ''

Live A Live ''Live A Live'' is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. A remake for Nintendo Switch was released in July 2022, published by Square Enix in Japan and Nintendo worldwide. The game follows seven d ...

'' * "Megalomania", a 2001 song by Muse from ''

Origin of Symmetry ''Origin of Symmetry'' is the second studio album by English rock band Muse, released on 18 June 2001 through Taste Media. It was produced by John Leckie, who produced Muse's debut album '' Showbiz'' (1999), and David Bottrill. ''Origin of Symm ...

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Mega-Lo-Mania ''Mega-Lo-Mania'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Sensible Software. It was released for the Amiga in 1991 and ported to other systems. It was released as ''Tyrants: Fight Through Time'' in North America and ''Mega-Lo-Mania: Jikū ...

'', a 1991 real-time strategy game by Sensible Software

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