NOUN | state | falsity, falseness | the state of being false / false or untrue |
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communication | falsity, falsehood, untruth | a false statement |
Sounds | fao'lsahtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | The state of being false / false or untrue. | |
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Example | "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" | |
Synonym | falseness | |
Narrower | spuriousness | state of lacking genuineness |
Broader | unreality, irreality | The state of being insubstantial or imaginary |
Opposite | truth, the true, verity, trueness | conformity to reality or actuality |
Spanish | falsedad, mentira | |
Catalan | falsedat | |
Adjectives | false | (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection |
false | arising from error / error | |
false | inappropriate to reality or facts | |
Verbs | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
falsify | prove false | |
falsify | make false by mutilation or addition | |
falsify | tamper, with the purpose of deception |
Meaning | A false statement. | |
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Synonyms | falsehood, untruth | |
Narrower | contradiction, contradiction in terms | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false |
dodge, dodging, scheme | A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | |
fabrication, fiction, fable | A deliberately false / false or improbable account | |
lie, prevarication | A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | |
misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood | |
Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
Opposite | truth, true statement | A true statement |
Spanish | bola, embuste, falsedad, infundio, mentira, patraña, trola | |
Catalan | bola, falòrnia, falsedat, falsia, mentida, trola | |
Adjectives | false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality |
false | deliberately deceptive | |
Verbs | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
falsify | make false by mutilation or addition |
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