cuồng vọng
Definition
- Noun:
- Delusion of grandeur; megalomania: An irrational and obsessive belief in one's own supreme power, importance, or brilliance, often disconnected from reality.
- Wild ambition; extravagant fantasy: An ambition or desire that is so extreme, impractical, or grandiose that it is considered foolish or insane.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những kế hoạch của hắn không phải là tầm nhìn xa mà đơn thuần là cuồng vọng. (His plans were not visionary but mere delusions of grandeur.)
- Hắn nuôi cuồng vọng thống trị cả thế giới. (He harbors the wild ambition of dominating the entire world.)
- Đó là một cuồng vọng không bao giờ thành hiện thực. (That is an extravagant fantasy that will never become reality.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a strong negative connotation, implying a dangerous or pathological state of mind that leads to reckless actions.
- It can be used in clinical contexts to describe a symptom, but is more commonly used in general language to criticize impractical and overly ambitious ideas.
Variants and Related Words
- Cuồng (adj): mad, insane, fanatical. Often used as a prefix to indicate an extreme, obsessive passion (e.g., - fervent, - fanatical).
- Ảo vọng (n): illusion, vain hope. A related concept, but suggests a deceptive hope, while suggests an insane ambition.
Synonyms
- Megalomania: A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence.
- Delusion of grandeur: A false belief in one's own importance, power, or identity.
- Wild ambition: An extremely strong desire for success, power, or fame that is unreasonable.
- Pipe dream: An unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.
Related Idioms
- Xây lâu đài trên cát: To build castles in the sand (equivalent to "build castles in the air" or "pie in the sky"). This idiom describes planning based on unrealistic hopes, closely related to the concept of .
- Kế hoạch không có nền tảng ấy chỉ là xây lâu đài trên cát. (That plan with no foundation is just building castles in the air.)