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grandiosity en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English grandiose Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English grandiosity From grandiose + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
   • U2 have never been a band noted for their love of shy understatement, but even by their standards, their arrival in Las Vegas represents a hitherto-unimagined degree of grandiosity. 2023 September 30, Alexis Petridis, “U2 review – an utterly astonishing, admirably raw Vegas extravaganza”, in The Guardian, London:
   • […] the narcissistic leader does not use his narcissistic charisma only as a means for political success; he needs success and applause for the sake of his own mental equilibrium. The idea of his greatness and infallibility is essentially based on his narcissistic grandiosity, not on his real achievements as a human being. 1973, Erich Fromm, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Part Three, Chapter 9, pp.202-3:

Forms

Translations (6)

pl majestatyczność (the state of being grandiose) · bg претенциозност (the state of being grandiose) · bg помпозност (the state of being grandiose) · pl megalomania (the state of being grandiose) · pl wspaniałość (the state of being grandiose) · de Großspurigkeit (the state of being grandiose)