| 释义 |
pseudomania rare.|ps-, sjuːdəʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. pseudo- + -mania after kleptomania.]
A mania for lying; an insane tendency to make false statements. Hence pseudoˈmaniac, a person affected with pseudomania.
1895W. S. Lilly in 19th Cent. Oct. 629 Most of us have personally known sufferers from pseudomania. I once heard of a pseudomaniac who excused himself on the ground that he did not care to plagiarise from fact. 1903― in Fortn. Rev. June 1009 There is a class of pseudomaniacs just as there is a class of kleptomaniacs. |