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mendacity

[men-das-i-tee] / mɛnˈdæs ɪ ti /


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The rank and file have followed their leaders down Mendacity Lane.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

Mendacity is the life blood of Billions: power is the series's breath.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2017

Mendacity in commercial advertising can also carry a steep financial price.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mendacity and a sort of judicial blindness seem to be the two most salient characteristics by which are to be distinguished these implacable foes and would-be robbers of human rights and liberty.

From West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas by Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob)

Mendacity then becomes an intellectual exercise, such as the poet's sonneteering to an imaginary lady-love.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)




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