mendacity
What is another word for mendacity? Here is its meaning, with related words and examples.
Noun — The quality of not telling the truth.
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Etymology
Comes from Late Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx (“deceitful, deceptive, lying”) plus -itās (a suffix forming nouns of state). Mendāx itself derives from mentior (“to deceive, lie”), from mēns, mentis (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), plus -āx (a suffix forming a...
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