delusions of grandeur, n.Definitions

Delusions of grandeur (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠love withdrawn from the world and turned back upon the ego.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠love withdrawn from the world and turned back on the self, the same overvaluation lovers give their beloved.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) almost ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠became a duty with Christianity, which first invited the individual to play judge of everything and everyone.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what our culture calls knowing you are God — the blackest blasphemy, the wildest delusion, the touchstone of insanity.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one of the immortal wishes of childhood, always ready in the unconscious to borrow a daytime worry as its disguise.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) long ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠suppressed in waking life comes out in dreams as impertinent boasting — and leaks into the evening's exuberant spirits beforehand.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) suppressed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a father's real life is transferred onto his children — a great historical name given to a newborn son.

Delusions of grandeur (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a defiance hurled in the face of nothingness, baffling only to people who never lost their footing — it simply keeps one's courage up and means nothing else.