mendacity
[ men-das-i-tee ]
/ mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti /
noun, plural men·dac·i·ties for 2.
the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
an instance of lying; falsehood.
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- mend one's fences,
- mend one's ways,
- mendable,
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- mendaciously,
- mende,
- mendel,
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- mendel's law,
- mendel's laws
Origin of mendacity
1640–50; < Late Latin mendācitās falsehood, equivalent to Latin mendāci- (stem of mendāx) given to lying, false + -tās -ty2
SYNONYMS FOR mendacity
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mendacity
/ (mɛnˈdæsɪtɪ) /
noun plural -ties
the tendency to be untruthful
a falsehood
Word Origin for mendacity
C17: from Late Latin mendācitās, from Latin mendāx untruthful
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mendacity
"tendency to lie," 1640s, from Middle French mendacité and directly from Late Latin mendacitas "falsehood, mendacity," from Latin mendax "lying; a liar" (see mendacious).
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