mendacity

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
2. (countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

Synonyms

lie

falsehood

untruth

untruthfulness

lying

falseness

falsification

falsity

fraud

insincerity

lisping

mendaciousness

meretriciousness

spuriousness

stammering

dirty pool

telling lies

chicanery

false-speaking

crookedness

deceit

deceitfulness

dishonesty

dissembling

dissimulation

Translations

mendacidad

Verlogenheit

Verlogenheiten

mendacità

falsidade

mendacidade

fausseté

αναλήθεια

leugenachtigheid

mentira

استعطائ

Unwahrheit

Falschheit

استعطاؤ

إستعطاؤ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛnˈdæsəti/

Etymology

From Late Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx (“deceitful, deceptive, lying”) + -itās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being). Mendāx is derived from mentior (“to deceive, lie”) (from mēns, mentis (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)) + -āx (suffix forming adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”).