| 单词 | falsity |
| 释义 | falsity (once / 3955 pages) n A falsity is either a straight-up lie or the fact that something isn’t true. If you fake cry to try and get out of trouble, the falsity of your emotions will get you busted. Falsity is a word for statements that are false in the sense of being incorrect, untrue, or even dishonest. If you tell a lie, you've told a falsity, which can also be called an untruth or falsehood. Also, falsity can mean the general state of falseness. Con men and other liars often operate in falsity. A spy must use falsity to fool people. The opposite of falsity — or falseness — is truth. WORD FAMILYfalsity: falsities+/false: falsehood, falsely, falseness, falser, falses, falsest, falsity/falsehood: falsehoods/falseness: falsenesses USAGE EXAMPLESIn their shadow, traditional notions of truth and falsity merge into each other, allowing anything to be said with impunity. The Guardian(Nov 25, 2016) Mr. Trump’s statement renouncing the myth might provide an especially credible and persuasive signal about the falsity of the claim to true believers. New York Times(Sep 23, 2016) Mr. Trump’s riposte about “Honest Abe” exposed the falsity of that answer. Wall Street Journal(Oct 09, 2016) 1n the state of being false or untrue argument could not determine its truth or falsity Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper falseness the true, trueness, truth, verity conformity to reality or actuality spuriousness state of lacking genuineness irreality, unreality the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact 2n a false statement Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper falsehood, untruth true statement, truth a true statement dodge, dodging, scheme a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery lie, prevaricationa statement that deviates from or perverts the truth fable, fabrication, fictiona deliberately false or improbable account deceit, deception, misrepresentationa misleading falsehood contradiction, contradiction in terms(logic) a statement that is necessarily false bill of goodscommunication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable humbug, snake oilcommunication (written or spoken) intended to deceive antinomya contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable paradox(logic) a statement that contradicts itself fib, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddlea trivial lie jactitation(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law) walloper, whoppera gross untruth; a blatant lie white liean unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite) canarda deliberately misleading fabrication half-trutha partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead facade, window dressinga showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant exaggeration, magnification, overstatementmaking to seem more important than it really is snow joba long and elaborate misrepresentation dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretensepretending with intention to deceive blind, subterfugesomething intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickeryverbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way duplicity, fraudulencea fraudulent or duplicitous representation equivocation, evasiona statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth statement a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc |
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