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mendacity

[ men-das-i-tee ]

noun

plural mendacities
  1. the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.

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  2. an instance of lying; falsehood.

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mendacity

/ mɛnˈdeɪʃəs; mɛnˈdæsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the tendency to be untruthful
  2. a falsehood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • mendacious, adjective
  • ³¾±ð²Ôˈ»å²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ³¾±ð²Ôˈ»å²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â, adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mendacity1

1640–50; < Late Latin ³¾±ð²Ô»åÄ峦¾±³ÙÄå²õ falsehood, equivalent to Latin ³¾±ð²Ô»åÄ峦¾±- (stem of ³¾±ð²Ô»åÄå³æ ) given to lying, false + -³ÙÄå²õ -ty 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mendacity1

C17: from Late Latin ³¾±ð²Ô»åÄ峦¾±³ÙÄå²õ, from Latin ³¾±ð²Ô»åÄå³æ untruthful
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Those carnal delights hardly seem worth it given the violence and mendacity Stanley has shown himself capable of.

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As historian Randall Balmer explained at Religion News Service, the sleight of hand regarding the timeline was only the beginning of the mendacity religious right leaders brought to their campaign against Carter.

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But it’s the delusion and mendacity on display at Giuliani’s press conference that have more powerfully shaped American political culture.

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A case of massive oppositional mendacity that borders on the hilarious — except that many people believed and continue to believe him, all evidence to the contrary.

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For years, various politicians and pundits have yelled themselves hoarse over the danger of normalizing Trump’s chicanery, casual mendacity, outrageous divisiveness and outright criminal behavior.

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