mythomania

[mith-uh-mey-nee-uh]

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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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Other Word Forms

mythomaniac noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mythomania¹

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

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

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mythomane mythopoeia

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