Michiko Kakutani

With his mendacity and increasingly virulent attacks on immigrants, Muslims, women, the press, the judiciary, the intelligence services, the F.B.I. - any group or institution that he finds threatening or useful as a scapegoat - Mr. Trump is attempting the Orwellian trick of redefining American reality on his own terms.

American Critic

Timothy D. Snyder

Trump's Twitter flood of late-night mendacity is an unhindered celebration of fragile manhood, a ceaseless summons to the millions for affirmation, a proclamation to vulnerable men across the land that endless preening and stroking is a normal and imitable way of life.

American Author

If a novelist had concocted a villain like Trump - a larger-than-life, over-the-top avatar of narcissism, mendacity, ignorance, prejudice, boorishness, demagoguery, and tyrannical impulses, she or he would likely be accused of extreme contrivance and implausibility.

Tennessee Williams

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.

American Dramatist

Thomas Szasz

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine.

American Psychologist

Mendacity as a habit means someone consistently lies or avoids the truth.

Habitual Dishonesty

Mendacity has a negative implication, suggesting moral disapproval of lying.

Negative Connotation

Mendacity involves intentional lying, not just being incorrect by mistake.

Not Accidental

Mendacity in statements implies a deliberate choice to mislead others.

Intention to Deceive

Mendacity can be used to make oneself look better or avoid embarrassment.

Linked to Ego

Mendacity corresponds with giving a false impression or false facts.

False Presentation

 with judging the moving face. We think we can judge people on their expressions. U.K. jurors in the U.K. justice system like to see a live witness to see whether they can pick up the telltale signs of mendacity -- the blink, the hesitation.