inveracity
Americannoun
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untruthfulness; mendacity.
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an untruth; falsehood.
noun
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lying; untruthfulness
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an untruth; lie
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Etymology
Origin of inveracity
Example Sentences
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Such explanation implies an inveracity which it is not necessary to impute.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
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 Busoni, Ferruccio
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 Leffingwell, Albert
In no instance, therefore, in the illustrations of inaccuracy given in the preceding pages, is there any imputation of perverse and intentional inveracity.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
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 Newman, John Henry
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