mendaciousness
dishonesty as a trait
Root
- mendac: false or lying
Other words with the mendac root
- mendacious: dishonest
- mendaciously: in a lying or dishonest way
- mendacity: untruthfulness or habit of lying
Mendac gives lying. Mendaciousness is dishonesty as a trait, not just one false sentence.
The report exposed his mendaciousness: the lies were not accidental or rare.
Mendacious is the adjective; mendacity and mendaciousness are the noun forms. Keep the family together and the meaning stops feeling long: lying has become character.