Sentence examples for Grandiose self-image from inspiring English sources
Macron has made good on his grandiose self-image.
In addition, she missed the grandiose self-image that came with her delusions, her mother said.
Its technical definition describes a devastatingly vulnerable person, compensating for a deeply imprinted inadequacy with a desperate need for admiration, and a grandiose self-image.
The narcissistic person is marked by a grandiose self-image, a constant need for admiration, and a general lack of empathy for others.
Joseph's characters illustrate the grandiose self-image of a country that hasn't quite been successful in backing up its lofty aspirations with actions yet.
Powell was caught between his diminished self-image as a loyal aide and good soldier indebted to a coterie of Republicans who had promoted him eventually to secretary of state, and his grandiose self-image as the most respected and popular public man in the country, and his influence imploded.
Then gradually, he began to appear messy -- cranky about telephone operators who didn't take his messages, impractical in his demands, grandiose in his self-image.
Adaptation will require developing a new national self-image, less simplistic, less grandiose, but better suited to a changed world.
That self-image is deteriorating.
Self-image also matters a lot.
