pseudomania

pseudomania definition - medical

pseu·do·ma·ni·a (so͞oˌdō-māˈnē-ə, -mānˈyə)

noun
  1. Feigned insanity.
  2. A mental disorder in which the individual alleges to have committed a crime, but has not.
  3. The pathological impulse to falsify or lie.

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