mendacity
men·dac·i·ty
noun \men-ˈda-sə-tē\ plural men·dac·i·ties
Definition of MENDACITY
1
: the quality or state of being mendacious
2
: lie
Examples of MENDACITY
- <highly fictionalized “memoirs” in which the facts were few and the mendacities many>
- <you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say>
First Known Use of MENDACITY
1646
Related to MENDACITY
Synonyms: fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, prevarication, story, tale, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper
Antonyms: truth
Related Words: distortion, exaggeration, half-truth; ambiguity, equivocation, obliquity; defamation, libel, slander; perjury; bluff, fiction, pose, pretense (or pretence); humbug, jive, nonsense; canard, fallacy, misconception, myth; falsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence
Near Antonyms: fact, truism, verity; honesty, truthfulness, veracity; authentication, confirmation, substantiation, validation, verification
Rhymes with MENDACITY
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