mendacity in Italian
mendacity in Italian is mendacità, bugia, falsità — mendacity means the quality of not telling the truth.
mendacity in Italian
mendacità
(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
bugia
(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
falsità
(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
mendacità
(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
menzogna
(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 Italian?
"mendacity" in Italian is mendacità, bugia, falsità. mendacity means: The quality of not telling the truth.
Are there other ways to say "mendacity" in Italian?
Yes — Italian has 4 translations listed for "mendacity": mendacità, bugia, falsità, menzogna.
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