mythomaniac

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/ˌmɪθəˈmeɪniæk//ˌmɪθəʊˈmeɪniæk/

noun

Someone who suffers from mythomania.

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mythomane
OriginFrench mythomane →
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Meanings

nounmythomaniac (plural mythomaniacs)

plural mythomaniacs

  1. Someone who suffers from mythomania.

    Synonyms: mythomane

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who suffers from mythomania.

Similar
mythomane
Also see
mythomane

Origin

  1. Frenchmythomane
  2. Englishmythomaniac

Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -maniac. Attested in English since 1950s.

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Translations

Catalan mitòman
  • mitòmansomeone who suffers from mythomania
Esperanto mitomaniulo
  • mitomaniulosomeone who suffers from mythomania
French mythomane, mythomaniaque
  • mythomanesomeone who suffers from mythomania
  • mythomaniaquesomeone who suffers from mythomania
German Pseudologe
  • Pseudologesomeone who suffers from mythomania
Italian mitomane
  • mitomanesomeone who suffers from mythomania
Polish mitoman, mitomanka
  • mitomansomeone who suffers from mythomania
  • mitomankasomeone who suffers from mythomania
Portuguese mitômano, mitómano
  • mitômanosomeone who suffers from mythomania
  • mitómanosomeone who suffers from mythomania
  • mitomaníacosomeone who suffers from mythomania
Romanian mitoman
  • mitomansomeone who suffers from mythomania
Russian мифома́н
  • мифома́н (mifomán)someone who suffers from mythomania
Spanish mitómano
  • mitómanosomeone who suffers from mythomania
Swedish mytoman
  • mytomansomeone who suffers from mythomania

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mythomaniac

maniacmegalomaniacnymphomaniacpyromaniacegomaniacinfomaniackleptomaniacBeatlemaniacAnglomaniacanthomaniacautomaniacbibliomaniaccocainomaniacdecalcomaniacdemonomaniacdinomaniacdipsomaniaceleutheromaniacergomaniacerotomaniacetheromaniacethnomaniacEuromaniacflagellomaniac
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Cite this entry
APA

mythomaniac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythomaniac

MLA

“mythomaniac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythomaniac. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mythomaniac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythomaniac.

Source: mythomaniac on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.