Mendaciarium

Noun

Etymology

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

Definition

1. 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.

2. A figurative repository of mendacity; a place, real or imagined, where durable untruths are gathered, preserved, or displayed.

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