mythomania

mythomania
mythomaniac /mith'euh may"nee ak'/, n., adj.
/mith'euh may"nee euh/, n. Psychiatry.
lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
[1905-10; MYTHO- + -MANIA]

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