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An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.
Russell Baker

Meaning of "mendacious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MENDACIOUS

mendacious  [mɛnˈdeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENDACIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mendacious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MENDACIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mendacious

Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Definition of mendacious in the English dictionary

The definition of mendacious in the dictionary is not truthful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENDACIOUS


amaryllidaceous
ˌæməˌrɪlɪˈdeɪʃəs
asclepiadaceous
æˌskliːpɪəˈdeɪʃəs
audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
berberidaceous
ˌbɜːbərɪˈdeɪʃəs
bodacious
bəʊˈdeɪʃəs
capparidaceous
ˌkæpərɪˈdeɪʃəs
cycadaceous
ˌsaɪkəˈdeɪʃəs
edacious
ɪˈdeɪʃəs
hamamelidaceous
ˌhæməˌmiːlɪˈdeɪʃəs
iridaceous
ˌɪrɪˈdeɪʃəs
juglandaceous
ˌdʒuːɡlænˈdeɪʃəs
lardaceous
lɑːˈdeɪʃəs
lecythidaceous
ˌlɛsɪθɪˈdeɪʃəs
mordacious
mɔːˈdeɪʃəs
orchidaceous
ˌɔːkɪˈdeɪʃəs
predaceous
prɪˈdeɪʃəs
predacious
prɪˈdeɪʃəs
rudaceous
ruːˈdeɪʃəs
sapindaceous
ˌsæpɪnˈdeɪʃəs
xyridaceous
ˌzɪrɪˈdeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENDACIOUS

mend
mend one´s fences
mendable
mendaciously
mendaciousness
mendacities
mendacity
Mendel
Mendel´s laws
Mendeleev´s law
mendelevium
Mendeleyev
Mendelian
Mendelianism
Mendelism
Mendelssohn
mender
Menderes
Mendes
mendicancy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENDACIOUS

atrocious
auspicious
bootylicious
conscious
delicious
efficacious
ferocious
gracious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
spacious
specious
subconscious
suspicious
tenacious
unconscious
vicious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of mendacious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MENDACIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mendacious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mendacious

Translation of «mendacious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENDACIOUS

Find out the translation of mendacious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mendacious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mendacious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

虚假
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mendaz
570 millions of speakers

English

mendacious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिथ्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كذابين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лживая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mentirosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিথ্যাবাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mensonger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendacious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verlogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

虚偽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mendacious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nói láo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உண்மையற்றதாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटे बोलणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalancı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mendace
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakłamana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брехлива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mincinoasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναληθή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbetroubare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mendacious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

løgnaktige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mendacious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDACIOUS»

The term «mendacious» is regularly used and occupies the 83.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDACIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mendacious

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2 QUOTES WITH «MENDACIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mendacious.
1
Russell Baker
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.
2
Maxwell Caulfield
I'm always playing these mendacious characters who end up hoisting themselves by their own petard.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENDACIOUS»

Discover the use of mendacious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mendacious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Case of Mendacious Medicine Man
In a hospital, people die all the time.
April Smith, 2003
2
Mendacious Madrigals and Metrical Misfits
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
O. M., C. C. Burns, 2012
3
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
H. Adams) As applied to persons mendacious more often suggests the habitude of deceit while lying suggests guilt in respect to a particular instance; thus, one might describe a person as mendacious with primary reference to his character or ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The Works
In the instance of any arrangement by which recollection is assisted, how natural, if not necessary and unavoidable, it is, that mendacious invention should receive assistance likewise ? In the instance of any arrangement by which mendacious ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1843
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An Introductory View Of The Rationale Of Evidence; For The ...
In the instance of any arrangement by which mendacious invention is obstructed, how natural, if not necessary, it is, that recollection should be subjected to interruprion likewise ? From the observation of these several relations, results the  ...
‎1843
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Leave The Bitch! A Man's Handbook To Divorce
Know Mendacious Marv? Mendacious Mary has the mendacity to believe that anything she does to you, (out of bitterness and anger), no matter how degrading, has no impact upon the way in which others view her. Indeed, in Mendacious ...
Dr. N.T. Bitter, 2010
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Rationale of Judicial Evidence: Specially Applied to English ...
On the other hand, admit the suggestion, and, — though it should happen that, of the request made for the admission of it, a plan of mendacious invention was the final cause, — still deception and misdecision are far, very far, from being the ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, 1827
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Rationale Of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied To English ...
But the testimony by which in these instances it has been operated—the testimony which has served as the instrument of the mischief, has been, not mendacious, hut veracious testimony; the fault has lain, not in the informers, but in the laws.
‎1843
9
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
But the testimony by which in these instances it has been operated-the testimony which has served as the instrument of the mischief, has been, not mendacious, but veracious testimony; the fault has lain, not in the informers, but in the laws.
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1840
10
Explanatory Notes Upon a Mendacious Libel Called Concubinage ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
J. B, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENDACIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mendacious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Metals Trader Says Now May Be the Time to Go Bottom Fishing …
It is not the Russians who are the aggressors, it is in reality US-NATO that repeatedly spews their mendacious verbal attacks against a leader who speaks plainly ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
2
In a word: mendacious
It turned up in the mid-sixteenth century, the adjective mendacious (pronounced men-DAY-shus) in the seventeenth, according to the citations ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
3
Jeff Mateer: Lawyers' petition against Paxton is frivolous - The Dallas …
... “frivolous,” stating that it “ridiculously misrepresents Paxton's opinion,” providing “further evidence of the mendacious intolerance of the Left.”. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
4
Dem Leaders Strangely Quiet On Ganim's Mayoral Bid
He was so mendacious in giving testimony at trial that the judge tacked an extra year onto his sentence. In 2012, the Superior Court denied his ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
5
Hail Putin, for our surrender to the ayatollahs
... obviously lying promise not to develop nuclear weapons – a promise made by a historically mendacious and possibly half-crazy government. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
6
Scott Walker: Satan's Candidate - English pravda.ru
... of reverse psychology), means that far too many voters would rather support corrupt and mendacious politicians than admit they were duped. «Pravda, Jul 15»
7
Hamas at a Campus Near You | Frontpage Mag
Does a movement that spreads mendacious propaganda, intimidates and attacks Jewish students, works for the violent destruction of a U.S. ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Bill Kristol on Iran Deal: 'Its Munich!'
Bill Kristol is the epitome of the neocon mindset: cultivating a staid and urbane image while writing the most unhinged and mendacious claptrap ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
9
Police response
... its mendacious press releases stating that the police had shot and killed x or y because he had attacked them with a cutlass, or even a knife. «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
10
What the Planned Parenthood Hoax Really Proves: Right-Wing …
... because now the “respected” members of an elite governing body of 535 powerful Americans have announced that this mendacious video is, ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»

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