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Webster 1913 Edition
Mendacity
Men-dac′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Mendacities
(#)
. [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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mendacity
MENDAC'ITY
,Noun.
[The proper signification of this word would be a disposition to lie, or habitual lying.]
Definition 2024
mendacity
mendacity
English
Noun
mendacity (plural mendacities)
- The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
- 1955, Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, act II:
- 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?
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- A lie, deceit or falsehood.
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Translations
The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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A lie, deceit or falsehood