See Also: egomania(medicine)
egomania(dictionary)

detestation (iou) and egomania (iou)


detestation (iou)



detestation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French detestation from Latin detestatio(n-), from detestat- pa. ppl stem of detestari DETEST: see -ATION.]
Public or formal execration (of). LME-L17.
Intense dislike or hatred; abhorrence. LME.
A detested person or thing. E18.

egomania (iou)



egomania noun. E19.
[from EGO + -MANIA.]
Morbid egotism; obsessive self-love or self-centredness.
egomaniac noun & adjective (a) noun a person with egomania; (b) adjective = EGOMANIACAL: L19.
,egoma'niacal adjective characteristic of or affected with egomania M20.