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mythomania

[ mith-uh-mey-nee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.


mythomania

/ ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪˌæk; ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. psychiatry the tendency to lie, exaggerate, or relate incredible imaginary adventures as if they had really happened, occurring in some mental disorders
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • mythomaniac, nounadjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٳ···Ծ· [mith-, uh, -, mey, -nee-ak], noun adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mythomania1

First recorded in 1905–10; mytho- + -mania
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

You use the word “mythomania” several times in the book.

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All of these accounts stand as necessary supplements to Dahl’s lyrical but selectively truthful autobiographical writing; Dennison notes his tendency toward “mythomania.”

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Jenny Flick suffers so badly from mythomania, she believes her own lies.

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Officers were quoted by local media as describing him as a “dangerous person with traces of mythomania”.

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What interests her is the manufactured drama of world-historical strongmen—their mannerisms, speech patterns, stagecraft, and mythomania.

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