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myth·o·ma·ni·a (m

-m

, -m

)

A compulsion to embroider the truth, engage in exaggeration, or tell lies.

mytho·mani·ac (-

) n.

mythomania [ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪə]

(Psychiatry) Psychiatry the tendency to lie, exaggerate, or relate incredible imaginary adventures as if they had really happened, occurring in some mental disorders

mythomaniac [ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪˌæk] n & adj

mythomania

Psychiatry. an abnormal propensity to lie, exaggerate, or twist the truth.

See also: Lies and Lying

Translations

mythomania [ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪnɪə] n → mitomania

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Lie Lies and Lying mania			Shostakovich, Morrison further observes--in a telling epigram aimed at the moral pretensions of that composer's current mythomaniac worshippers--"had perfected the art of actively resenting, rather than actively resisting, a regime whose identity was wrapped up with his own. Back in the USSR by Stove, R.J. / The American Conservative Because Africa seems unfinished and so different from the rest of the world, a landscape on which a person can sketch a new personality, it attracts mythomaniacs," observed Paul Theroux. Aid who benefits? by African Business Like his friend Andre Malraux, Babel was a mythomaniac who loved to invent and revise the facts of his life. Autumnal heart by Meyers, Jeffrey / New Criterion			mythicise mythicism mythicist mythicize mythmaker mytho- mythoclast mythogenesis mythographer mythography mythoi mythologem mythologer Mythologian Mythologic mythological mythologisation mythologise mythologist mythologization mythologize Mythologizer Mythologue mythology mythomania mythomaniac mythophobia Mythoplasm mythopoeia mythopoeic mythopoesis Mythopoetic mythos mythus Mytilene mytilid Mytilidae Mytiloid Mytilotoxine Mytilus Mytilus edulis myx- Myxa myxamoeba myxedema Myxine Myxine glutinosa Myxinidae Myxiniformes Myxinikela Myxinikela siroka			mythologises mythologising mythologist mythologist Mythologists Mythologists mythologization mythologize mythologized mythologizer mythologizers mythologizes mythologizing Mythologue mythology mythology mythology Mythology creatures Mythology Ganymede Mythology Ganymede Mythology Jupiter Mythology Jupiter Mythology Jupiter Mythology Neptune Mythology Neptune Mythology of demons Mythology of demons Mythology Perseus Mythology Perseus mythomania mythomaniac mythomaniacs mythopeic mythophobia mythophobia Mythoplasm mythopoeia Mythopoeia (genre) mythopoeic mythopoesis mythopoetic Mythopoetics Mythopoiesis mythos Myths Myths Myths Myths Myths and Misconceptions about the Eskimo Myths and Misconceptions about the Eskimo Myths&legends Myths&legends mythus Mytilacea Mytilene Mytilene Mytilene Readio Dee Jay Mytilene, Greece - Mytilene mytilid Mytilidae Mytilidae

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