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A compulsion to tell lies and exaggerate the truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From mytho- + -mania. Compare French mythomanie f.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
mitomanía
— compulsion to tell lies
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Catalan:
mitomania
— compulsion to tell lies
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Esperanto:
mitomanio
— compulsion to tell lies
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French:
mythomanie
— compulsion to tell lies
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Galician:
mitomanía
— compulsion to tell lies
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German:
Mythomanie
— compulsion to tell lies
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Greek:
μυθομανία
(mythomanía)
— compulsion to tell lies
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Ancient Greek:
μυθομανία
(muthomanía)
— compulsion to tell lies
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Italian:
mitomania
— compulsion to tell lies
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Japanese:
虚言癖
(kyogenheki)
— compulsion to tell lies
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Occitan:
mitomania
— compulsion to tell lies
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Polish:
mitomania
— compulsion to tell lies
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Portuguese:
mitomania
— compulsion to tell lies
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Romanian:
mitomanie
— compulsion to tell lies
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Russian:
псевдоло́гия
(psevdológija)
— compulsion to tell lies
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Russian:
мифомани́я
(mifomaníja)
— compulsion to tell lies
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Sicilian:
mitumanìa
— compulsion to tell lies
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Spanish:
mitomanía
— compulsion to tell lies
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Swedish:
mytomani
— compulsion to tell lies
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Turkish:
mitomani
— compulsion to tell lies