Pseudologue
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pathological liar
"1996, Charles V Ford Lies! Lies!! Lies!!! http://print.google.com/print?id=_FSc5C2bFYUC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&sig=65p2wlZfcRu3nutVAX-2YsZv2tk Unlike a delusional psychotic person, the pseudologue will abandon the story or change it if confronted with contradictory evidence or sufficient disbelief."
Example
More examples"1996, Charles V Ford Lies! Lies!! Lies!!! http://print.google.com/print?id=_FSc5C2bFYUC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&sig=65p2wlZfcRu3nutVAX-2YsZv2tk Unlike a delusional psychotic person, the pseudologue will abandon the story or change it if confronted with contradictory evidence or sufficient disbelief."
Etymology
From Latin pseudologus (“liar”), from Ancient Greek ψευδολόγος (pseudológos, “speaking falsely, lying”). Equivalent to pseudo- + -logue.
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