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Falsity synonyms

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disloyalty
The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness.
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  1. The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness.
  2. (Countable) An act of being disloyal; a betrayal.
faithlessness
The quality of being faithless
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  1. The quality of being faithless
falseness
The characteristic of being false.
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  1. The characteristic of being false.
infidelity
The fact or state of being an infidel
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  1. The fact or state of being an infidel
  2. Unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially a spouse.
  3. Lack of fidelity or loyalty.
perfidy
The act or an instance of treachery.
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  1. The act or an instance of treachery.
  2. Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery:
traitorousness
The state or quality of being traitorous.
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  1. The state or quality of being traitorous.
treachery
An act of perfidy or treason
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  1. An act of perfidy or treason
  2. Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy.
  3. Betrayal of trust, faith, or allegiance; perfidy, disloyalty, or treason
erroneousness
The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous.
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  1. The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous.
error
(Law) A mistake in judgment or procedure of a court of record, usually prejudicial to one of the parties
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  1. (Law) A mistake in judgment or procedure of a court of record, usually prejudicial to one of the parties
  2. The difference between a computed or estimated result and the actual value, as in mathematics
  3. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
fallacy
A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
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  1. A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
  2. (--- Logic) An argument which does not conform to the rules of logic, esp. one that appears to be sound
  3. An error in reasoning; flaw or defect in argument
falsehood
A false statement; lie
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  1. A false statement; lie
  2. (Archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.
  3. Lack of accuracy or truth; falsity; deception
falseness
The characteristic of being false.
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  1. The characteristic of being false.
untruth
The quality or state of being untrue; falsity
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  1. The quality or state of being untrue; falsity
  2. An untrue statement; falsehood; lie
  3. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
canard
An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.
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  1. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.
  2. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
  3. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
cock-and-bull story
An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.
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  1. An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.
  2. An absurd, improbable story
falsehood
(Countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie
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  1. (Countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie
  2. Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.
  3. An untrue statement; a lie or an inaccuracy.
fib
(Medicine, informal) Short form of fibula.
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  1. (Medicine, informal) Short form of fibula.
  2. (Informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
  3. An insignificant or childish lie.
fiction
Anything made up or imagined, as a statement, story, etc.
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  1. Anything made up or imagined, as a statement, story, etc.
  2. The category of literature, drama, film, or other creative work whose content is imagined and is not necessarily based on fact.
  3. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:
inveracity
(Countable) untruth, falsehood
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  1. (Countable) untruth, falsehood
  2. (Uncountable) A lack of veracity
  3. A falsehood; lie
lie
A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
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  1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
  2. A false statement or action, esp. one made with intent to deceive
  3. Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:
misrepresentation
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
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  1. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
  2. A false statement typically made with the intention to mislead. See fraud. A false statement typically made with the intention to mislead. See fraud.
  3. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
misstatement
A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.
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  1. A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.
prevarication
A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation.
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  1. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation. A lie; deceitful or dishonest behavior; equivocation.
story
Romantic legend or tradition:
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  1. Romantic legend or tradition:
  2. A lie:
  3. An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events:
tale
A narrative of real or imaginary events; a story.
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  1. A narrative of real or imaginary events; a story.
  2. A story or account of true, legendary, or fictitious events; narrative
  3. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
untruth
The condition of being false; lack of truth.
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  1. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  2. An untrue statement; falsehood; lie
  3. A lie or falsehood.
fish story
(Informal) An unbelievable story; exaggeration
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  1. (Informal) An unbelievable story; exaggeration
tall tale
(Idiomatic) A greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.
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  1. (Idiomatic) A greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.
  2. A kind of story or folk tale characterized by intentionally ludicrous exaggeration and incredible incidents
whopper
Anything extraordinarily large
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  1. Anything extraordinarily large
  2. Something exceptionally big or remarkable.
  3. A heinous or outrageous lie
Find another word for falsity. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for falsity, like: disloyalty, faithlessness, false-heartedness, falseness, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, traitorousness, treacherousness, treachery and unfaithfulness.

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  • But these indirect benefits were quite independent of the truth or falsity of his theoretical system.

  • But a serious blemish was his persistent separation of trees from herbs, a distinction whose falsity had been exposed by Jung and others, but to which Ray tried to give scientific foundation by denying the existence of buds in the latter.

  • Jesus replied with a stern rebuke, addressing the questioners as hypocrites, and exposing the falsity of a system which allowed the breach of fundamental commandments in order that traditional regulations might be observed.

  • Kyme was apparently an unimaginative man of the world, while Anne took to Biblereading with zeal, became convinced of the falsity of the doctrine of transubstantiation, and created some stir in Lincoln by her disputations.

  • Finally, the likeness of an edible species to a warningly coloured inedible one in the same locality is termed " pseudaposematic," in allusion to the pretentiousness or falsity of the warning signal.

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