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单词 mythomania
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Definition of mythomania in English:

mythomania

noun mɪθə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌmɪθəˈmeɪniə
mass noun
  • An abnormal or pathological tendency to exaggerate or tell lies.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • 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.
    • Therefore psychologists treat a man suffering from mythomania by confronting him with facts.
    • If anything, Wells's work is an understatement, because Ellsberg is beyond mythomania.
    • This mythomania is magnificently enacted by the actress.
    • By all accounts, he seems to have been a loving husband, father and son, except for his mythomania.

Derivatives

  • mythomaniac

  • noun & adjective mɪθə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak
    • The daily newspaper Le Figaro quoted an unidentified source close to the woman as saying she was a ‘mythomaniac’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The mythomaniac, due to his inability to deal with facts, is eventually cured if you keep putting enough facts in front of him.
      • More important, Wells presents the data that make the case that Ellsberg is a mythomaniac and a poseur.
      • 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.
      • But maybe there's something just a little bit mad about these people, a little bit mythomaniac about them.
 
 

Definition of mythomania in US English:

mythomania

nounˌmɪθəˈmeɪniəˌmiTHəˈmānēə
  • An abnormal or pathological tendency to exaggerate or tell lies.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By all accounts, he seems to have been a loving husband, father and son, except for his mythomania.
    • This mythomania is magnificently enacted by the actress.
    • Therefore psychologists treat a man suffering from mythomania by confronting him with facts.
    • If anything, Wells's work is an understatement, because Ellsberg is beyond mythomania.
    • 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.
 
 
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