mendacity

n. 虚伪, 谎话, 说谎癖 [医] 谎言癖, 谎言

发音

UK /mɛnˈdæsəti/
其它
US /mɛnˈdæsəti/
US /-ɾi/

词形变化

mendacities 复数 mendacities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.

    不可数 可数

    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?

  2. 2.

    A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

veracity

上位词 1

untruthfulness

词源

From Late Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx (“deceitful, deceptive, lying”) + -itās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being). Mendāx is derived from mentior (“to deceive, lie”) (from mēns, mentis (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)) + -āx (suffix forming adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”).

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