mendacity
noun
men·dac·i·ty
men-ˈda-sə-tē 
plural mendacities
1
: the quality or state of being mendacious
to blow the whistle on mendacity and hypocrisy—
Geoffrey Wolff
Geoffrey Wolff2
: lie
mendacities of the singer's manager
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Examples of mendacity in a Sentence
highly fictionalized “memoirs” in which the facts were few and the mendacities many
you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say
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But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
In practice, the regime has created a militarized republic of fear in which mediocrity is glorified and mendacity institutionalized.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2023
Many critics are displaying a combination of ignorance and mendacity, often with a significant dollop of anti-Jewish conspiracy theory.
—David Bernstein, National Review, 3 May 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
In practice, the regime has created a militarized republic of fear in which mediocrity is glorified and mendacity institutionalized.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2023
Many critics are displaying a combination of ignorance and mendacity, often with a significant dollop of anti-Jewish conspiracy theory.
—David Bernstein, National Review, 3 May 2024
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“Mendacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mendacity. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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