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falsity
fal·si·ty F0025500 (fôl′sĭ-tē)n. pl. fal·si·ties 1. The quality or condition of being false.2. Something false; a lie.falsity (ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. the state of being false or untrue2. something false; a lie or deceptionfal•si•ty (ˈfɔl sɪ ti) n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery. 2. something false; a falsehood. [1225–75; Middle English falsete < Anglo-French < Late Latin falsitās. See false, -ity] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | falsity - the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"falsenessirreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in factspuriousness - state of lacking genuinenessthe true, trueness, verity, truth - conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" | | 2. | falsity - a false statement falsehood, untruthstatement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"dodging, scheme, dodge - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickerylie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truthfable, fabrication, fiction - a deliberately false or improbable accountdeception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehoodcontradiction in terms, contradiction - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction" |
falsitynoun1. untruth, deceit, dishonesty, inaccuracy, deception, hypocrisy, treachery, duplicity, unreality, double-dealing, perfidy, mendacity, fraudulence, deceptiveness with no clear knowledge of the truth or falsity of the issues involved2. lie, fraud, cheating, deception, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang) deducing a falsity from two truismsfalsitynoun1. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation:disloyalty, faithlessness, false-heartedness, falseness, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, traitorousness, treacherousness, treachery, unfaithfulness.2. An erroneous or false idea:erroneousness, error, fallacy, falsehood, falseness, untruth.3. An untrue declaration:canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.Informal: fish story, tall tale.Slang: whopper.Translationsfalse (foːls) adjective1. not true; not correct. He made a false statement to the police. 不真實的 不真实的2. not genuine; intended to deceive. She has a false passport. 假的,虛偽的 假的3. artificial. false teeth. 人造的 人造的4. not loyal. false friends. 無信義的 无信义的ˈfalsehood noun (the telling of) a lie. She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood. 說謊 说谎ˈfalsify (-fӕi) verb to make false. He falsified the accounts. 偽造 伪造ˌfalsifiˈcation (-fi-) noun 偽造 伪造ˈfalsity noun 謊言 慌言false alarm a warning of something which in fact does not happen. 一場虛驚 一场虚惊false start in a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated. 錯誤的起步 错误的起步EncyclopediaSeefalsefalsity
Synonyms for falsitynoun untruthSynonyms- untruth
- deceit
- dishonesty
- inaccuracy
- deception
- hypocrisy
- treachery
- duplicity
- unreality
- double-dealing
- perfidy
- mendacity
- fraudulence
- deceptiveness
noun lieSynonyms- lie
- fraud
- cheating
- deception
- porky
- pork pie
Synonyms for falsitynoun betrayal, especially of a moral obligationSynonyms- disloyalty
- faithlessness
- false-heartedness
- falseness
- infidelity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- traitorousness
- treacherousness
- treachery
- unfaithfulness
noun an erroneous or false ideaSynonyms- erroneousness
- error
- fallacy
- falsehood
- falseness
- untruth
noun an untrue declarationSynonyms- canard
- cock-and-bull story
- falsehood
- fib
- fiction
- inveracity
- lie
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- prevarication
- story
- tale
- untruth
- fish story
- tall tale
- whopper
Synonyms for falsitynoun the state of being false or untrueSynonymsRelated Words- irreality
- unreality
- spuriousness
Antonyms- the true
- trueness
- verity
- truth
noun a false statementSynonymsRelated Words- statement
- dodging
- scheme
- dodge
- lie
- prevarication
- fable
- fabrication
- fiction
- deception
- misrepresentation
- deceit
- contradiction in terms
- contradiction
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