grandiosity 的定义
- the quality of seeming impressive or important in an artificial or deliberately pompous way; pretentiousness:These are mere bogus revolutionaries, high on the sound of their own voices and the silly grandiosity of their claims.
- the quality of actually being imposing or impressive:Through the photographer's eyes these sprawling, well-known cities become worlds of extreme beauty, elegance, and grandiosity.
- the quality of being more complicated or elaborate than necessary:Hockey’s a great sport: gentlemanly and understated, with no fuss or grandiosity.
- Psychiatry. an exaggerated belief in one’s own importance, sometimes reaching delusional proportions, as a symptom of a mental illness such as manic disorder:Paranoiacs tend to carry a bit of guilt with their grandiosity—a sense of some great transgression that has made them a magnet for universal hostility.
grandiosity 近义词
glory
pretentiousness
更多grandiosity例句
- At a movie theater, sometimes absurdity elevates into ambitious grandiosity.
- Although Korra looks at PTSD and assault with supernatural grandiosity, fans were quick to pick up on it in some forums.
- The essay itself seems an artifact of a dying tradition, and not just in its grandiosity.
- “Grandiosity has never been a problem for Newt Gingrich,” said Santorum.
- Newt Gingrich had similar personnel problems, and his grandiosity makes her look humble.
- Hollywood people have a curious mixture of grandiosity and insecurity.
- I hate throwing away money on mere pomposity and grandiosity and show.
- It was of a grandiosity which appealed to the imagination, but not to the practical judgment of a far-sighted statesman.
- That this grandiosity was unnatural and unreal was proved by the publication of Choses Vues.
- I went again when I graduated high school and was amazed by the richness of detail, the grandiosity and grandeur of it all.
- The grandiosity, to use a mild phrase, of such a measure needs no comment.