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expansiveness

expansiveness In this historical source, expansiveness means an exalted, grandiose state of delusion in which a person feels unusually elevated and powerful and elaborates sweeping claims about their abilities, possessions, or importance.

In this historical source, expansiveness means an exalted, grandiose state of delusion in which a person feels unusually elevated and powerful and elaborates sweeping claims about their abilities, possessions, or importance. It refers to the tendency for these self-exalting ideas to grow and spread beyond the person’s actual circumstances.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Megalomania” (Megalomania).
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