inveracity
Americannoun
plural
inveracities-
untruthfulness; mendacity.
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an untruth; falsehood.
noun
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lying; untruthfulness
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an untruth; lie
Etymology
Origin of inveracity
Example Sentences
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He Himself is Sanctity, Truth, and Love; and the three offences against His Majesty are impurity, inveracity, and cruelty.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
On the other hand, it was the ossified form of the “aria” itself which led to inveracity of expression and decadence.
From Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Busoni, Ferruccio
We need to remember, however, that inaccuracy by no means connotes inveracity.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
Doubtless it is sent upon us for our sins; but had we not already a plague of inveracity?
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)
In no instance, therefore, in the illustrations of inaccuracy given in the preceding pages, is there any imputation of perverse and intentional inveracity.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
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