"mythomania" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mythomanias [plural]
Etymology: mytho- + -mania Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mytho|mania}} mytho- + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mythomania (countable and uncountable, plural mythomanias)
  1. A compulsion to tell lies and exaggerate the truth. Wikipedia link: mythomania Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: mythomaniac, mythomaniacal Translations (compulsion to tell lies): mitomanía [feminine] (Asturian), mitomania [feminine] (Catalan), mitomanio (Esperanto), mythomanie [feminine] (French), mitomanía [feminine] (Galician), μυθομανία (mythomanía) [feminine] (Greek), mitomania [feminine] (Italian), mitomania [feminine] (Occitan), mitomania [feminine] (Polish), mitomania [feminine] (Portuguese), mitomanie [feminine] (Romanian), псевдоло́гия (psevdológija) (Russian), мифомани́я (mifomaníja) [feminine] (Russian), mitumanìa [feminine] (Sicilian), mitomanía [feminine] (Spanish), mytomani [common-gender] (Swedish), mitomani (Turkish)

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