Synonyms for mendacity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : men-das-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti

Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for mendacity

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