noun
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the tendency to be untruthful
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a falsehood
Other Word Forms
- mendacious adjective
- mendaciously adverb
- mendaciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of mendacity
1640–50; < Late Latin mendācitās falsehood, equivalent to Latin mendāci- (stem of mendāx ) given to lying, false + -tās -ty 2
Example Sentences
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That irks the panelists, too, evidenced in a shot of Wilson rolling his eyes at one of Coulter’s kookier mendacities.
From Salon
He may invite passionate opposition from his foes, but his fans simply shrug at his misstatements, malapropisms and mendacity.
From Los Angeles Times
Probably the most notorious and enduring is his assertion that “an odor of mendacity remains” around the testimony of Willis and Wade, specifically as to the timing of their relationship.
From Los Angeles Times
But he said, “an odor of mendacity remains.”
From Seattle Times
“However, an odor of mendacity remains,” the judge wrote.
From Seattle Times
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