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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
highly fictionalized "memoirs" in which the facts were few and the mendacities many
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2
as in deceit
the tendency to tell lies
you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say
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Recent Examples of mendacity
Viewed from an especially merciless or purgatorial angle, certain strands of my life are little more than histories of lo-fi mendacity.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
But one finishes this family saga more fully understanding why, for Xi Jinping, opacity and mendacity became the best guarantors of survival.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025
By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
But one finishes this family saga more fully understanding why, for Xi Jinping, opacity and mendacity became the best guarantors of survival.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025
By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mendacity
Noun
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This is a ridiculous lie and desperate attempt to distract from the pedophile protection party’s unpopular war of choice, increasing gas prices and rapidly dropping polling numbers.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Just as lies were used to justify our attack on Iraq over 20 years ago.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Taking someone’s money by deceit is generally not allowed, and the misrepresentations contained in the contract could serve as proof of the alleged fraud.—
Robert L. Boone,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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And in Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Hurt played one of the New York socialites who falls into the web of deceit created by a charismatic young man (Will Smith) pretending to be the son of Sidney Poitier.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2026
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Jude relocates this tale of troubled conscience to present-day Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and subjects it to a corrosively cynical twist.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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My confidence was further bolstered when Zenker informed me about Beau Miles, an adventure filmmaker known for documenting his self-experiments, who, back in 2020, when an entirely different disaster descended upon us, ate only beans for 40 days (191 cans to be exact)—and lived to tell the tale.—
Ayana Underwood,
Outside,
27 Mar. 2026
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Perfidy — from the French perfidie via the Latin perfidia — means deceitfulness, treachery or a breach of faith or promise.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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For more than four decades, the Korean immigrant has worked at the shop near Travis Air Force Base, hearing countless stories of loss, sacrifice and heartbreak from military families and service members.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Paxton told stories about running for office for the first time and his 2023 impeachment.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Mendacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mendacity. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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