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Definition of mendacity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mendacity

noun
 
/menˈdæsəti/
 
/menˈdæsəti/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the act of not telling the truth synonym lying
    • politicians accused of hypocrisy and mendacity
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin mendacitas, from mendax, mendac- ‘lying’, related to mendum ‘fault’.
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