inveracity

American  

[in-vuh-ras-i-tee] / ˌɪn vəˈræs ɪ ti /

noun

• inveracities
  plural

1. untruthfulness; mendacity.

2. an untruth; falsehood.

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inveracity British  

/ ˌɪnvəˈræsɪtɪ /

noun

1. lying; untruthfulness

2. an untruth; lie

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• inveracities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of inveracity

First recorded in 1860–65; in- ³ + veracity

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

inveracity inveracities

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

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes

You think the scene is Alexandria or the Spanish main, where you may let your imagination play revel to the extent of inveracity.

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman

We need to remember, however, that inaccuracy by no means connotes inveracity.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell

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

From Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni

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

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

Why it gave me consternation I could not have told; I dare say my inveracities of the day before had failed to digest.

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn

Those to whom it makes its appeal are, for the most part, not capable of analyzing through to their sources its fundamental inveracities, nor would they be inclined to do that if they were able.

From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins