mythomania

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I asked Buckley via email about mythomania, the lure of the mountain paradise, and what we're really looking for when we look for Shangri-La.

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  1. noun A compulsion to embroider the truth, engage in exaggeration, or tell lies.

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  • All of them, moreover, both male and female, are very middle-class creatures who have come here, as usual, out of mythomania or stupidity. —  The Fall
  • I asked Buckley via email about mythomania, the lure of the mountain paradise, and what we're really looking for when we look for Shangri-La. —  World Hum
  • But the only problem with this proposal is that one suffering from mythomania absolutely cannot deal with any facts, and yet the whole Quran is based entirely upon facts. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The Quran approaches everyone who reads it in very much the same way a psychologist treats his mythomania patient. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • It is referred to as mythomania. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Greek μῡθος a myth, + Middle Latin mania.
 

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/Mɪθoʊˈmeɪniə/
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