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inveracity

[in-vuh-ras-i-tee]
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noun, plural in·ve·rac·i·ties for 2.

untruthfulness; mendacity.
an untruth; falsehood.

Origin of inveracity

First recorded in 1860–65; in-3 + veracity
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Related Words for inveracity

aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, canard, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsity, fib, fiction, forgery

Examples from the Web for inveracity

Historical Examples of inveracity

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

    Apologia pro Vita Sua

    John Henry Newman

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

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

British Dictionary definitions for inveracity

inveracity

noun plural -ties formal, or euphemistic

lying; untruthfulness
an untruth; lie
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