concept
Mania Grandiosa
mania grandiosa
also: MANIA GRANDIOSA
A 19th-century psychiatric term (Latin, "grandiose mania") for a delusional disorder marked by inflated self-importance; Chekhov, trained as a physician, mockingly diagnoses ordinary bureaucratic pettiness and obsession as a clinical syndrome.
Reading notes
- The Only Remedy §25 MANIA GRANDIOSA
A 19th-century psychiatric term (Latin, "grandiose mania") for a delusional disorder marked by inflated self-importance; Chekhov, trained as a physician, mockingly diagnoses ordinary bureaucratic pettiness as a clinical syndrome.