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Definition of Mendacity
1. Noun. The tendency to be untruthful.
Definition of Mendacity
1. n. The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying.
Definition of Mendacity
1. Noun. The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. ¹
2. Noun. A lie, deceit or falsehood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mendacity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mendacity
Literary usage of Mendacity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"Considered in the character of an efficient cause of mendacity or bias, and thence
of falsehood, a motive of any description may be termed a ..."
2. Rationale of judicial evidence, specially applied to English practice, from by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"Considered in the character of an efficient cause of mendacity or bias, and thence
of falsehood, a motive of any description may be termed a ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... a man has uttered wilful falsehood, in cases wherein case of mendacity no
punishment awaited him, he would, in anything like to an equal ..."
4. The Principles of the Law of Evidence: With Elementary Rules for Conducting by William Mawdesley Best, John Archibald Russell (1882)
"These are mendacity in the report; misinterpretation of the language used and
incompleteness of the statement. (Y) i.' 'mendacity. ..."
5. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"Surprise in Richmond—mendacity of the Telegraph.—The Story of the Rats and
Mules.—Pemberton's Statement as to his Supplies.—His Explanation as to the Day of ..."
6. On Nature and Grace: A Theological Treatise, Book I, Philosophical Introduction by William George Ward (1860)
"Of course we ' feel very certain that mendacity eg and cruelty are ' wicked ;
because we have ... But a ' creator, who should love mendacity and cruelty, ..."
7. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"With the object of spreading the belief that Great Britain is the enemy of Islam,
the German Embassy daily emits a stream of mendacity and calumny, ..."
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