English > untruth: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A false statement. |
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| Synonyms | falsehood, falsity |
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| Narrower | contradiction, contradiction in terms | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false |
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| 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 |
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| Opposite | truth, true statement | A true statement |
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| Spanish | bola, embuste, falsedad, infundio, mentira, patraña, trola |
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| Catalan | bola, falòrnia, falsedat, falsia, mentida, trola |
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