falseness
English
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Noun
[edit]falseness (countable and uncountable, plural falsenesses)
- The characteristic of being false.
- 2016, Justin Deschamps, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- All falseness collapses under the weight of denied truth.
Usage notes
[edit]- Falsehood, Falseness, Falsity; untruth, fabrication, fiction. Instances may be quoted in abundance from old authors to show that the first three words are often strictly synonymous; but the modern tendency has been decidedly in favor of separating them, falsehood standing for the concrete thing, an intentional lie; falseness, for the quality of being guiltily false or treacherous: as, he is justly despised for his falseness to his oath; and falsity, for the quality of being false without blame: as, the falsity of reasoning. — The Century Dictionary, 1911.
Synonyms
[edit]- fabrication
- falsehood, falsity
- fiction
- untruth
- See also Thesaurus:falsehood
Translations
[edit]falsehood
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