mendacity

mendacity englannista suomeksi

1. epärehellisyys, valheellisuus

0. Substantiivi

1. valheellisuus, epärehellisyys

2. valhe, petos, vilppi

mendacity englanniksi

1. The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

2. (quote-book)

3. (RQ:Mill System of Logic) Treating the assertion of the witness as the effect, he &91;(w)&93; considers as its two possible causes, the veracity or mendacity of the witness on the particular occasion, that is, the truth or falsity of the fact.

4. 1955 March 24 (first performance), (w) Thomas Lanier Williams III, ''(w)'', published in Jack Gaver, editor, ''Critics’ Choice: New York Drama Critics’ Circle Prize Plays 1935–55'', New York, N.Y.: Hawthorn Books, 1955, (OCLC), Act II, page 652, column 2:

Big Daddy: (..) Think of all the lies I got to put up with!—Pretenses! Ain't that mendacity? Having to pretend stuff you don't think or feel or have any idea of?

5. (quote-journal)

6. A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

7. (quote-book)|year=1858|volume=II|section=book VI|page=30|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/historyoffriedri02carlialapage/n43/mode/1up/|oclc=3161094|passage=The scandalous bronze-lacker age, of hungry animalisms, spiritual impotencies and mendacities, will have to run its course, till the Pit swallow it.

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