Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack of veracity; untruthfulness.
- noun An untruth; a falsehood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of veracity or truthfulness; an untruth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of veracity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A lack of
veracity - noun countable
untruth ,falsehood
Etymologies
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Examples
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A reputation of sexual laxity, failure to pay honest debts, inveracity, would not be tolerated by him.
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His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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Such explanation implies an inveracity which it is not necessary to impute.
An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Albert Leffingwell 1880
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We need to remember, however, that inaccuracy by no means connotes inveracity.
An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Albert Leffingwell 1880
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In no instance, therefore, in the illustrations of inaccuracy given in the preceding pages, is there any imputation of perverse and intentional inveracity.
An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Albert Leffingwell 1880
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True Believer, and I think the savage -- allowing for the fact that his inveracity has dominion over fewer things -- as great a liar as either of them.
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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So far as I can perceive, the "Christian dog" is no more the slave of his word than the True Believer, and I think the savage -- allowing for the fact that his inveracity has dominion over fewer things -- as great a liar as either of them.
A Cynic Looks at Life Ambrose Bierce 1878
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Doubtless it is sent upon us for our sins; but had we not already a plague of inveracity?
The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878
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And then would follow specifications of historical inveracity enough to make one's blood run cold.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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And then would follow specifications of historical inveracity enough to make one's blood run cold.
Backlog Studies Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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