mendacity
untruthfulness or habit of lying
Root
- mendac: false or lying
Other words with the mendac root
- mendacious: dishonest
- mendaciously: in a lying or dishonest way
- mendaciousness: dishonesty as a trait
Mendac is the lying root. Mendacity is falsehood as a habit or trait.
The scandal exposed not just one lie but a pattern of mendacity.
Mendacious is the adjective: lying. Mendacity is the noun: the quality or habit of lying. Keep them together and the family becomes easy: a mendacious person practices mendacity.