mendacity

/mɛnˈdæsəti/
noun
  1. The quality or state of being dishonest or untruthful; a tendency to lie.
    • The politician's mendacity was exposed when the facts contradicted his speech.
    • She could no longer tolerate the constant mendacity in their relationship.
    • The journalist's report revealed the mendacity of the company's claims about its environmental record.
  2. A lie or false statement.
    • The memoir was criticized for its many mendacities and exaggerations.
    • His testimony was full of mendacities that the lawyer easily disproved.
    • She refused to repeat the mendacity, even under pressure from her boss.
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