uranomania
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prettygoodworduranomania (yoor-uh-no-MAY-nee-uh) - n., the delusion that one is of divine or celestial origin.
Or more straightwardly, that one is a god. Caligula was not the only Roman emperor to demand he be worshiped as a god, but he isthe best-known one. It's true, as Carl Sagan reminded us, that “we are made of star-stuff,” but this is taking things too far. Coined from Ancient Greek roots urano-, heavens + -mania, fixation.
---L.
Or more straightwardly, that one is a god. Caligula was not the only Roman emperor to demand he be worshiped as a god, but he isthe best-known one. It's true, as Carl Sagan reminded us, that “we are made of star-stuff,” but this is taking things too far. Coined from Ancient Greek roots urano-, heavens + -mania, fixation.
---L.
