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men·dac·i·ty
 mendacity
- pronunciation:
- men
dae
sih
ti
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noun |
| inflections: |
mendacities |
| definition 1: |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness.
She was completely taken in by him at first, but she began to suspect his mendacity when his stories began to contradict each other.- antonyms:
- veraciousness, veracity
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| definition 2: |
an instance of untruth; lie.
- antonyms:
- veraciousness, veracity
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| related words: |
deceit, deception, falsehood |
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