单词 | falsehood |
释义 | falsehood (fɔːlshʊd ) Word forms: falsehoods 1. uncountable noun Falsehood is the quality or fact of being untrue or of being a lie. She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood. Synonyms: untruthfulness, deception, deceit, dishonesty 2. countable noun A falsehood is a lie. [formal] He accused them of knowingly spreading falsehoods about him. Synonyms: lie, story [informal], fiction, fabrication Quotations: The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth Collocations: outright falsehood This was either a delusion or an outright falsehood. Times, Sunday Times These may include propaganda - politically loaded content - or outright falsehoods and forgeries. Times, Sunday Times Both scholarly facts and news stories get modified through popular transmission, often to the point of outright falsehoods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some say that much of the list has been debunked, and a few entries are outright falsehoods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of the claims seem to be outright falsehoods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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