folie de grandeur
noun/phrase | /folie de grandeur/
delusion of grandeur; obsession with power or importance
Literal meaning:
"madness of greatness"
folie de grandeur
noun/phrase | /folie de grandeur/
Foreign Words & PhrasesFrenchHARDdelusion of grandeur; obsession with power or importance
Literal meaning:
"madness of greatness"
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Examples
"His plans for conquest showed pure folie de grandeur."
"Critics dismissed the project as folie de grandeur."
Mnemonic Trick
Folie = madness, grandeur = greatness → delusions of grandeur
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