Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mendacity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mendacity \Men*dac"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Mendacities}. [L.
mendacitas.]
1. The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of
lying. --Macaulay.
2. A falsehood; a lie. --Sir T. Browne.
Syn: Lying; deceit; untruth; falsehood.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mendacity
n : the tendency to be untruthful [ant: {veracity}]
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