Mendacity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɛnˈdæsəti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mendacity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
Meaning
(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
More Meanings
- (countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
Example Sentences
So now the hard Brexiters say, with astonishingly cynical mendacity, that Britain would be better off going it alone.
The scandalous bronze-lacker age, of hungry animalisms, spiritual impotencies and mendacities, will have to run its course, till the Pit swallow it.
Big Daddy: […] Think of all the lies I got to put up with!—Pretenses! Ain't that mendacity? Having to pretend stuff you don't think or feel or have any idea of?
A shifty or unreliable politician may hide their mendacity behind deceit, fabrication on confabulation, or by rehearsed counter-attack that simply ignores the questions but makes imputations against the other.
Word Forms
- mendacities
Antonyms for mendacity
Common opposites include veracity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include falsehood, deceit, deception, cover-up, secrecy, concealment.
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