Definition of mythomania in English:
mythomania
noun mɪθə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌmɪθəˈmeɪniə
mass nounAn 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.
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.