Megalomania
 Megalomania  (illness)   | |
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| The overestimation of one's own abilities and importance |
Megalomania is the overestimation of one's own abilities, and often results in an immoderate desire for power and an exclusive love of oneself.
A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. A person with a god complex may refuse to admit the possibility of their error or failure, even in the face of irrefutable evidence, intractable problems or difficult or impossible tasks. The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct. Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the conventions and demands of society, and may request special consideration or privileges.
Megalomania is occurs also in people with actual power, where the attempts to foist their opinions and pet ideas on others can cause an untold number of problems (see: Bill Gates).
