Mendacity

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mÉ›nˈdasÉ™ti/
• US IPA: /mÉ›nˈdæsÉ™ti/

Origin

From post-classical Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx ("lying").

Full definition of mendacity

Noun

1. The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
• 1955, w, w:Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Big Daddy: ... Think of all the lies I got to put up with!-Pretenses! Ain't that mendacity? Having to pretend stuff you don't think or feel or have any idea of?
2. A lie, deceit or falsehood.

Related terms

• mendacious
• mendaciously
• mendaciousness