pseudologia fantastica


pseudologia

 [soo″do-lo´je-ah] lying; falsehood.pseudologia fantas´tica a tendency to tell extravagant and fantastic falsehoods centered about the storyteller, who often comes to believe in and may act on them.

pseudologia fantastica

Pathological lying, usually for psychological reasons rather than for personal gain. The condition is considered to be a type of factitious disorder. See also: pseudologia