MENDACITY

mendacity

(noun) the tendency to be untruthful

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mendacity (countable and uncountable, plural mendacities)

(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

Source: Wiktionary


Men*dac"i*ty, n.; pl. Mendacities. Etym: [L. mendacitas.]

1. The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying. Macaulay.

2. A falsehood; a lie. Sir T. Browne.

Syn.

– Lying; deceit; untruth; falsehood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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