mythomanen.adj.
/ˈmɪθə(ʊ)ˌmeɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɪθəˌmeɪn/ A. n.
= mythomaniac n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth > habit of invention > one who has
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mythomane1954
1954 Encounter Dec. 77/2 [Socialism is to be] treated as the way to that abolition of ‘injustice’ whose necessary existence in any human society these mythomanes find intolerable.
1975 Times 2 May 11/8 Paper Tiger..is a modest..entertainment, with David Niven as a pathological mythomane who..finds himself obliged to live up to his fantasies.
1989 Independent 6 Feb. 20/8 Koch seems increasingly to be running for the office of local mythomane.
1998 Independent on Sunday 28 June (Review Suppl.) 15/1 ‘Having lived with a mythomane,’ she wrote, ‘I know they believe everything they say.’
B. adj.
= mythomaniac adj. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [adjective] > characteristic of mythomania
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mythomane1962
1962 Punch 26 Sept. 464/3 A mythomane tart with a line in imaginary family grandeur.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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