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mythomania /mɪθə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə /noun [mass noun]An abnormal or pathological tendency to exaggerate or tell lies.Therefore psychologists treat a man suffering from mythomania by confronting him with facts....- In short, what the song would seem to indicate upon a first listening is the self-pity and grand mythomania of the long-term drug addict.
- If anything, Wells's work is an understatement, because Ellsberg is beyond mythomania.
Derivativesmythomaniac /mɪθə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak / noun & adjective ...- He learns that Sheikh has a terrifying laugh, that he is a mythomaniac who uses pseudonyms, first telling Pearl that his name is Bashir, then Shabir.
- The daily newspaper Le Figaro quoted an unidentified source close to the woman as saying she was a ‘mythomaniac’.
- But maybe there's something just a little bit mad about these people, a little bit mythomaniac about them.
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