pseudologue

Definitions

A pathological liar

Equivalents

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.”

“1997, Alan J. Cunnien, “Psychiatric and Medical Syndromes Associated with Deception,” in Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception, Richard Rogers ed. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=YZ6uK4Cjd_MC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&sig=U2ylaYiNPRuZhU8c6xYEif8SV8E Unlike the common braggart, however, the pseudologue falsifies a substantial amount of information with bearing upon activities, acquaintances, or personal identity.”

“2004, Ralph Keyes, The Post-Truth Era http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=eKRyyOIJgqQC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&sig=Mu90a_dMEhkqCOXth_drbJZhk3s Even a grandiose pseudologue, he writes, must be evaluated carefully to see⟳ if he is a compulsive liar or simply “someone for whom truth is temporarily unavailable.””

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