inveracity

noun

in·​veracity

¦in+

1

: lack of truth : falseness

forced to recognize its inadequacy, its palpable inveracity

—G. J. Becker

2

: an intentional falsehood : lie

the bogus anecdotes of his conversation were not, I am convinced, plain inveracities, but things which he had imagined

—Christopher Hollis

Word History

Etymology

in- entry 1 + veracity

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