Lying Compulsion

Japanese: 虚言症 - きょげんしょう
Lying Compulsion
〘 noun 〙 A pathological tendency to change the facts to create fanciful stories, to lie, or to exaggerate things. ※Ekimae Ryokan (1956-57) by Ibuse Masuji "That clerk, Takazawa, is just a hair's breadth away from being a fanciful liar."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 事実を変えて空想物語を作り出したり、嘘をついたり、誇張した物の言い方をしたりする病的性癖。※駅前旅館(1956‐57)〈井伏鱒二〉「あの高沢という番頭は空想性虚言症の患者と紙一重の差だ」

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