mythomania
/ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪniə/noun
उच्चारण मिथोमेनिअ
झूठ बोलने की आदत, मिथ्यावाद
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[U] technical
a strong tendency to tell lies or to exaggerate
झूठ बोलने की आदत, मिथ्यावाद
- His mythomania made it impossible to trust him.
- Doctors treat mythomania as a disorder that causes a person to lie again and again.
- The psychologist explained that mythomania is more than ordinary exaggeration.
+ 2 more examples
- His friends noticed signs of mythomania in the stories he invented.
- Mythomania can damage relationships because no one can trust the person.
Synonyms compulsive lying pathological lying lying
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
compulsive lying pathological lying lying
AaSpelling
myth·o·ma·ni·a
⌂Word origin and word building
From myth (a story that is not true).
Myth (असत्य कहानी) से।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a habit of telling lies or exaggerating is mythomania; the person a mythomaniac or compulsive liar; an uncontrollable desire to steal kleptomania; to drink alcohol dipsomania; a belief in your own greatness megalomania.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: झूठ बोलने या बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर कहने की आदत mythomania; व्यक्ति mythomaniac या compulsive liar; चोरी की अनियंत्रित इच्छा kleptomania; शराब पीने की dipsomania; अपनी महानता में विश्वास megalomania।