mythomane

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mythomane

/ˈmɪθəˌmeɪn/
/ˈmɪθəʊˌmeɪn/

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Borrowed from French mythomane. By surface analysis, mytho- + -mane.

noun mythomanes

Someone who suffers from mythomania. Maybe because I was working on the programmes at the same time, I found myself thinking about parallels between Jimmy Savile and L. Ron Hubbard. Both were mythomanes, inventing and exaggerating to embellish their own careers and pedigrees.
Similar: mythomania, mythomaniac

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@misc{mythomane_2026,
  title = {mythomane},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mythomane},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}