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inveracity

[ in-vuh-ras-i-tee ]

noun

plural inveracities
  1. untruthfulness; mendacity.
  2. an untruth; falsehood.


inveracity

/ ˌɪ²Ô±¹É™Ëˆ°ùæ²õɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. lying; untruthfulness
  2. an untruth; lie
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of inveracity1

First recorded in 1860–65; in- 3 + veracity
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He believes in coincidental dreams because he himself has experienced them and knows that he is not guilty of exaggerations in recounting them, nor can he see how natural causes can explain them; he never has had a waking apparition, and therefore is inclined to conjure up guesses as to the inaccuracy and inveracity of those who have—guesses which he would resent if they were applied to himself.

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He Himself is Sanctity, Truth, and Love; and the three offences against His Majesty are impurity, inveracity, and cruelty.

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On the other hand, it was the ossified form of the “aria†itself which led to inveracity of expression and decadence.

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So far as I can perceive the "Christian dog" is no more the slave of his word than the True Believer, and I think the savage—allowing for the fact that his inveracity has dominion over fewer things—as great a liar as either of them.

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Doubtless it is sent upon us for our sins; but had we not already a plague of inveracity?

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