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an excessive or abnormal tendency to lie and fabricate stories, often without any clear motive or benefit
- The psychiatrist diagnosed the patient with mythomania after uncovering a pattern of elaborate and unnecessary lies.
- Her mythomania made it difficult for her friends to trust anything she said.
- In cases of mythomania, the individual often believes their own fabrications, blurring the line between truth and fiction.
- His mythomania led him to create an entirely fictional career history, which eventually unraveled and cost him his job.
- The writer's mythomania was both a gift and a curse, fueling his creativity but also causing personal and professional issues.