mendacity
noun/menˈdæsəti/
/menˈdæsəti/
[uncountable] (formal)- the act of not telling the truth synonym lying
- politicians accused of hypocrisy and mendacity
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin mendacitas, from mendax, mendac- ‘lying’, related to mendum ‘fault’.Definitions on the go
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