mendacity

noun

men·​dac·​i·​ty men-ˈda-sə-tē 

plural mendacities

1

: the quality or state of being mendacious

to blow the whistle on mendacity and hypocrisy

—Geoffrey Wolff

2

: lie

mendacities of the singer's manager

Synonyms

• lie
• tale
• story

Examples of mendacity in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Hugo would likely have been repelled and fascinated by Trump’s demagoguery, his rambling mendacity, his grammatically illogical but easy-to-follow oratory. —Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025

By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025

Biden’s half-century political career is littered with mendacity, self-dealing, and crass calculations. —The Editors, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024

And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives. —Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mendacity

• audacity
• capacity
• loquacity
• opacity
• pugnacity
• rapacity
• sagacity
• tenacity
• veracity
• vivacity
• voracity
• incapacity