inveracity

noun

in·veracity | \ ¦in+\

Definition of inveracity

1 : lack of truth : falseness forced to recognize its inadequacy, its palpable inveracity— G. J. Becker

2 : an intentional falsehood : lie the bogus anecdotes of his conversation were not, I am convinced, plain inveracities, but things which he had imagined— Christopher Hollis

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