as in deceit
the tendency to tell lies
her memoirs have such an air of pervasive mendaciousness that she seems to have lost all sense of what truth is
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deceit
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What begins as a convenient living arrangement spirals into a dangerous game of desire and deceit.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 July 2025 -
But there’s more to the Prime Video series than just murder and deceit, says the actress, whose credits also include The Sinner and 7th Heaven.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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“Mendaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mendaciousness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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