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From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendax#Latin mendax]'' | From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendax#Latin mendax]'' ''mendac-'' “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendacity mendacity]'', + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-arium -arium]'', a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures. | ||
====Definition==== | ====Definition==== | ||
# An collection of or conceptual room of falsehoods, lies, myths, misinformation, and confidently repeated errors. | # An collection of or conceptual room of falsehoods, lies, myths, misinformation, and confidently repeated errors. | ||
: By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmisi00burn_0 The Dictionary of Misinformation] serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors. | #: By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmisi00burn_0 The Dictionary of Misinformation] serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors. | ||
# A figurative repository of mendacity; a place, real or imagined, where durable untruths are gathered, preserved, or displayed. | # A figurative repository of mendacity; a place, real or imagined, where durable untruths are gathered, preserved, or displayed. | ||
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English
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[edit | edit source]Etymology
[edit | edit source]From Latin mendax mendac- “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English mendacity, + -arium, a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures.
Definition
[edit | edit source]- An collection of or conceptual room of falsehoods, lies, myths, misinformation, and confidently repeated errors.
- By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's The Dictionary of Misinformation serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors.
- A figurative repository of mendacity; a place, real or imagined, where durable untruths are gathered, preserved, or displayed.