grandiosity
pronunciation
How to pronounce grandiosity in British English:
UK [grændə'ɒsɪtɪ]
How to pronounce grandiosity in American English:
US [grændə'ɒsɪtɪ]
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- Noun:
- high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Word Origin
- grandiosity (n.)
- 1814, from French grandiosité; see grandiose + -ity. The author now and then makes a word for his own use, as complicate, for complicated; and, still less fortunately 'grandiosity' (p. 343). [review of Joseph Forsyth's "Remarks on Italy," "Edinburgh Review," January 1814]
Example
- 1. Mania can be accompanied by grandiosity , lack of sleep , and excessive activity .
- 2. For an extreme narcissist to want to change there must be a gigantic and earth-shattering series of events in their lives to break them of their grandiosity , extreme selfishness , entitlement , and self-righteousness .
- 3. They are mostly narcissists and given to grandiosity . This is part of their charm : in a sense they are performers , conjuring financial magic for their prospective partners .
- 4. The anthology of american inaugural addresses is , but for a few bright spots , one long muddle of grandiosity , mundanity - and forgetability .
- 5. However , in his greatest poems , he mitigates this grandiosity with a focus on his own deep feeling .