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mythomania

/ˌmɪ.θəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

mythomania noun: a compulsion to tell lies and exaggerate the truth.

Noun

mythomania (countable and uncountable, plural mythomanias)

  1. A compulsion to tell lies and exaggerate the truth.

mythomania meaning in Tamil

mythomania in Tamil

பொய்கூறல், விருப்ப மிகைப்பு

Forms of mythomania

pluralmythomanias

Origin of mythomania

From mytho- + -mania. Compare French mythomanie f.

Words formed from mythomania

Questions about mythomania

What does mythomania mean?
Mythomania means a compulsion to tell lies and exaggerate the truth.
What is mythomania in Tamil?
Mythomania in Tamil is பொய்கூறல், விருப்ப மிகைப்பு. See Mythomania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mythomania?
Mythomania is a noun.
How do you pronounce mythomania?
Mythomania is pronounced /ˌmɪ.θəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ə/.
What is the plural of mythomania?
The plural of mythomania is mythomanias.

Words near mythomania in the dictionary

  1. mythologue
  2. mythologues
  3. mythology
  4. mythomane
  5. mythomanes
  6. mythomania
  7. mythomaniac
  8. mythomaniacal
  9. mythomaniacs
  10. mythomanias
  11. mythomoteur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mythomania (page history and authors); mythomania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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