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- [men-das-i-tee]
- /mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti/
- /menˈdæs.ə.ti/
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- [men-das-i-tee]
- /mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti/
Definitions of mendacity word
- noun plural mendacity the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie. 1
- noun plural mendacity an instance of lying; falsehood. 1
- noun mendacity Untruthfulness. 1
- noun mendacity dishonesty, telling lies 1
- uncountable noun mendacity Mendacity is lying, rather than telling the truth. 0
- noun mendacity the tendency to be untruthful 0
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Origin of mendacity
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Late Latin mendācitās falsehood, equivalent to Latin mendāci- (stem of mendāx) given to lying, false + -tās -ty2
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Parts of speech for Mendacity
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mendacity popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mendacity
noun mendacity
- deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
Antonyms for mendacity
noun mendacity
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
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