mendacity
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mendacity
- /mɛnˈdæsəti/ UK
- /mɛnˈdæsəti/ US
- [-ɾi] US
Where it comes from
From Late Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx (“deceitful, deceptive, lying”) + -itās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being). Mendāx is derived from mentior (“to deceive, lie”) (from mēns, mentis (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)) + -āx (suffix forming adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”). By surface analysis, Latin mendāc- + -ity.
noun mendacities
- The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. Mendacity is not a uniform offence: it changes its colour according to the nature and substance of the offence to which it is rendered or endeavoured to be rendered subservient. Mendacity, employed in drawing down upon an innocent head the destroying sword of justice, is murder: murder, encompassed
- A deceit, falsehood, or lie. The scandalous bronze-lacker age, of hungry animalisms, spiritual impotencies and mendacities, will have to run its course, till the Pit swallow it.
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noun fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
| Español | mendacidad |
|---|---|
| Português | mendacidade, falsidade |
| Deutsch | Verlogenheit |
| Italiano | mendacità |
| Русский | лжи́вость lžívostʹ |
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