| NOUN | cognition | falsification, disproof, refutation | any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something |
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| act | falsification, misrepresentation | a willful perversion of facts | |
| act | falsification, falsehood | the act of rendering something false / false / false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | |
| act | falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal | the act of determining that something is false / false / false / false / false |
| Sounds | fae.lsahfahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. | |
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| Synonyms | disproof, refutation | |
| Narrower | confutation | evidence that refutes conclusively |
| counterexample | refutation by example | |
| reductio ad absurdum, reductio | (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd | |
| Broader | evidence, grounds | Your basis for belief or disbelief |
| Spanish | impugnación, refutación | |
| Verbs | falsify | prove false |
| Meaning | A willful perversion of facts. | |
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| Synonym | misrepresentation | |
| Narrower | deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation | The act of deceiving / deceiving |
| distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting | The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | |
| equivocation, tergiversation | falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | |
| lying, prevarication, fabrication | The deliberate act of deviating from the truth | |
| Broader | wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
| Spanish | desfiguración, falsedad, falsificación | |
| Catalan | falsedat, falsificació | |
| Verbs | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| falsify | insert words into texts, often falsifying / falsifying / falsifying it thereby | |
| falsify | make false by mutilation or addition | |
| falsify | tamper, with the purpose of deception | |
| Meaning | The act of rendering something false / false / false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting. | |
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| Synonym | falsehood | |
| Narrower | forgery | criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud |
| frame-up, setup | An act that incriminates someone on a false / false / false charge | |
| sophistication | falsification by the use of sophistry | |
| Broader | dishonesty, knavery | lack of honesty |
| Verbs | falsify | tamper, with the purpose of deception |
| Meaning | The act of determining that something is false / false / false / false / false. | |
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| Synonyms | falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal | |
| Broader | determination, finding | The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation |
| Spanish | confutación, falsificación, refutal | |
| Catalan | confutació, desaprovació, refutal | |
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