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[ men-das-i-tee ] / mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mendacity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural men·dac·i·ties for 2. the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie. an instance of lying; falsehood. Origin of mendacity1640–50; <Late Latin mendācitās falsehood, equivalent to Latin mendāci- (stem of mendāx) given to lying, false + -tās-ty2 SYNONYMS FOR mendacity1, 2 deception, lie, untruth, deceit. SEE SYNONYMS FOR mendacity ON THESAURUS.COM WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mendacitymendacity , mendicityWords nearby mendacityMencius, Mencken, Mencken, H. L., mend, mendacious, mendacity, Mende, Mendel, Mendel-Bechterew reflex, Mendeleev, Mendeleev, Dmitri Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mendacityBesides the mendacity of it all, such a scheme misses the obvious truth that “the audience has a mind of its own.” The Insane Swedish Plan to Rate Games for Sexism|Nick Gillespie|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The destruction of a for-profit enterprise is always noble; its defense always carries the whiff of mendacity. Toyota's a Victim, Not a Villain|Eric Dezenhall|February 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST His new book, The Mendacity of Hope, argues that Obama has betrayed liberalism and the Constitution. Obama's Tyranny|Roger D. Hodge|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST Roger D. Hodge is the author of The Mendacity of Hope: Barack Obama and the Betrayal of American Liberalism. Obama's Tyranny|Roger D. Hodge|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Only one candidate is awe-inspiring in his mendacity, and that is Charlie Crist. Good Riddance to a Worthless Pol|Reihan Salam|April 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST Abul Fazl had another project in his brain; it combined the audacity of genius with the mendacity of a courtier. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9|Various Whatever their motives may have been, one thing is certain, they have produced most convincing proof of German mendacity. What Germany Thinks|Thomas F. A. Smith I have done all the cooking and much of the dish-washing, and yet you have the impudence and mendacity to say I have been selfish. The Indians of the Painted Desert Region|George Wharton James I assented, with just the shade of irony necessary to rob the assertion of its mendacity. That Affair Next Door|Anna Katharine Green Of their mendacity and cynical views respecting it I had many illustrations. The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II (of 2)|Alexander Michie
British Dictionary definitions for mendacity
noun plural -tiesthe tendency to be untruthful a falsehood Derived forms of mendacitymendacious (mɛnˈdeɪʃəs), adjectivemendaciously, adverbmendaciousness, nounWord Origin for mendacityC17: from Late Latin mendācitās, from Latin mendāx untruthful 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 Words related to mendacitydeceit, prevarication, deception, lie, falsehood, fraud, untruth, untruthfulness, lying, falsification |