pseudology
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The science of lying; falsehood of speech; mendacity; lying.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun Falsehood of speech.
Examples
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“I will reply to you, sir,” returned the scholar, “without any pseudology, I have no prurience towards divinity; theology, sir, has never been a favourite study of mine, and I am fixed in the intention of taking a voyage round the world in search of knowledge, with my erudite friend Erasmus Peters.
Note
The word 'pseudology' comes from Greek roots meaning 'false' and 'speech'.
