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# 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
Noun
Etymology
From Latin mendax / mendac- “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English mendacity, + -arium, a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures.
Definition
- 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.