Antonyms for mendacity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : men-das-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti |
Definition of mendacity
Origin :- "tendency to lie," 1640s, from Middle French mendacité and directly from Late Latin mendacitas "falsehood, mendacity," from Latin mendax "lying; a liar" (see mendacious).
- noun insincerity
- That, and his career of mendacity, would start at breakfast.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- And Harry had the mendacity to assure her that this was a favorite habit of mine.
- Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss
- Because Falsehood was blemished in having no feet, she was called mendacium or mendacity.
- Extract from : « The Fables of Phdrus » by Phaedrus
- The yellow-press surpassed themselves in clamor and mendacity.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt » by Edmund Lester Pearson
- This concluding paragraph is simply a tissue of mendacity and absurdity.
- Extract from : « Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh » by Lin-Le
- He called it diplomacy; some persons might have rudely termed it mendacity.
- Extract from : « Cape of Storms » by Percival Pollard
- The yellow press surpassed themselves in clamor and mendacity.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt » by Theodore Roosevelt
- The mendacity of these old legend-makers is equaled only by their fertility of imagination.
- Extract from : « The Pearl of India » by Maturin M. Ballou
- They praised him later for his "mendacity," yet what he said was true to the letter.
- Extract from : « Lanier of the Cavalry » by Charles King
- All variations from their standard indicate an unvarying tendency to mendacity.
- Extract from : « A Thoughtless Yes » by Helen H. Gardener
Synonyms for mendacity
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