mendacity in Chinese
mendacity in Chinese is 谎话 — mendacity means the quality of not telling the truth.
mendacity in Chinese
谎话
Pronounced: huǎng huà
(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
What does "mendacity" mean?
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noun The quality of not telling the truth.
"And when presidential counsellor Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase “alternative facts” a few days after Trump’s inauguration in early 2017, the mendacity of the incoming administration appeared to be all but official."
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noun Something said that is not true; a lie.
"He would have you believe that every error we make is deliberate, that journalists have somehow ginned up a unified conspiracy of lies and mendacities against him."
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mendacity in a sentence
- And when presidential counsellor Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase “alternative facts” a few days after Trump’s inauguration in early 2017, the mendacity of the incoming administration appeared to be all but official.
- A shifty or unreliable politician may hide their mendacity behind deceit, fabrication on confabulation, or by rehearsed counter-attack that simply ignores the questions but makes imputations against the other.
- He would have you believe that every error we make is deliberate, that journalists have somehow ginned up a unified conspiracy of lies and mendacities against him.
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What is "mendacity" in Chinese?
"mendacity" in Chinese is 谎话. mendacity means: The quality of not telling the truth.
How do you pronounce 谎话?
"mendacity" in Chinese is 谎话, pronounced "huǎng huà".
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