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单词 folie de grandeur
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folie de grandeur in British English

French (fɔli də ɡrɑ̃dœr)
noun
delusions of grandeur
Word origin
literally: madness of grandeur

folie de grandeur in American English

(fɔli də gʀɑ̃ˈdœʀ)
French
delusions of grandeur; megalomania
Word origin
Fr

folie de grandeur in American English

(French fɔli dᵊ ɡʀɑ̃ːˈdœʀ)
nounWord forms: plural folies de grandeur (French fɔli dᵊ ɡʀɑ̃ːˈdœʀ)
Psychiatry
a delusion of grandeur; megalomania
Also: folie des grandeurs (French fɔli dei ɡʀɑ̃ːˈdœʀ)
Word origin
[‹ F]

Examples of 'folie de grandeur' in a sentence
folie de grandeur

This is an enormous folie de grandeur that will leave taxpayers on the hook.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There was a folie de grandeur there.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The folie de grandeur of historians is that we are conditioned to believe we can explain everything.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
And, of course, it's got absolutely nothing to do with the folie de grandeur that is the single currency.
The Sun (2012)
This heretical mix of pretension and hypocrisy has prompted mockery of her folie de grandeur, but such criticism misses the point.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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