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mythomania
[ mith-uh-mey-nee-uh ]
noun
Psychiatry.
- lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
mythomania
/ ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪˌæk; ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪə /
noun
- psychiatry the tendency to lie, exaggerate, or relate incredible imaginary adventures as if they had really happened, occurring in some mental disorders
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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
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Example Sentences
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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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