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fal·si·ty
(fôl′sĭ-tē)n. pl. fal·si·ties
1. The quality or condition of being false.
2. Something false; a lie.
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falsity
(ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. the state of being false or untrue
2. something false; a lie or deception
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fal•si•ty
(ˈfɔl sɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
2. something false; a falsehood.
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Noun | 1. | falsity - the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" irreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact spuriousness - state of lacking genuineness |
2. | falsity - a false statement statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth contradiction in terms, contradiction - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction" |
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falsity
noun
1. untruth, deceit, dishonesty, inaccuracy, deception, hypocrisy, treachery, duplicity, unreality, double-dealing, perfidy, mendacity, fraudulence, deceptiveness with no clear knowledge of the truth or falsity of the issues involved
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falsity
noun1. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation:
3. An untrue declaration:
canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.
Informal: fish story, tall tale.
Slang: whopper.
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Translations
كَذِب، عَدَم صِحَّة، زَيْف
falešležnepravda
falskhed
valótlanság
fals, ósannindi
bozmadeğiştirme
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
falsity
n (= incorrectness) → Unrichtigkeit f; (= artificiality: of smile) → Falschheit f; (= unfaithfulness) → Treulosigkeit f
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false
(foːls) adjective1. not true; not correct. He made a false statement to the police.
2. not genuine; intended to deceive. She has a false passport.
3. artificial. false teeth.
4. not loyal. false friends.
ˈfalsehood noun (the telling of) a lie. She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood.
ˈfalsify (-fӕi) verb to make false. He falsified the accounts.
ˌfalsifiˈcation (-fi-) nounˈfalsity noun
false alarm
a warning of something which in fact does not happen.
false start in a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated.
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