falsity

fal·si·ty (fôl

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n. pl. fal·si·ties

1. The quality or condition of being false.

2. Something false; a lie.

falsity [ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the state of being false or untrue

2. something false; a lie or deception

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Noun	1.	falsity - the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" falseness irreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact spuriousness - state of lacking genuineness the true, trueness, verity, truth - conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
	2.	falsity - a false statement falsehood, untruth 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" dodging, scheme, dodge - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth fable, fabrication, fiction - a deliberately false or improbable account deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood contradiction in terms, contradiction - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"

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

2. lie, fraud, cheating, deception, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang) deducing a falsity from two truisms

Translations

falsity [ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ] N → falsedad f

falsity [ˈfɔːlsɪti] n [claim, statement] → fausseté f

falsity

n (= incorrectness) → Unrichtigkeit f; (= artificiality: of smile) → Falschheit f; (= unfaithfulness) → Treulosigkeit f

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contradiction contradiction in terms counterexample disloyalty dodging Dubiosity fabrication falsehood falseness falsism for- invalidity irreality Lie lying many-valued logic misrepresentation perfidy prevarication	Accordingly, whereas we not infrequently have ideas or notions in which some falsity is contained, this can only be the case with such as are to some extent confused and obscure, and in this proceed from nothing (participate of negation), that is, exist in us thus confused because we are not wholly perfect. Reason For Discourse by Descartes, Rene View in context Silas might have driven a profitable trade in charms as well as in his small list of drugs; but money on this condition was no temptation to him: he had never known an impulse towards falsity, and he drove one after another away with growing irritation, for the news of him as a wise man had spread even to Tarley, and it was long before people ceased to take long walks for the sake of asking his aid. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context The truth or falsity of a statement depends on facts, and not on any power on the part of the statement itself of admitting contrary qualities. The Categories by Aristotle View in context	false wintergreen false witness False works false" leop`ardbane false-card False-faced False-heart false-hearted false-memory syndrome falsehood falsely falseness Falser falsetto falsework Falsicrimen falsie falsies falsifiable falsification Falsificator Falsifier falsify falsifying falsism falsity* Falstaff Falstaffian Falster faltboat falter faltering falteringly Falun Falun Gong Faluns Falwe falx FAM Famagusta Famble fame famed Fameless familial familial hypercholesterolemia familiar familiar spirit familiarisation familiarise familiarised	Falsificator falsified falsified falsified Falsified Data Falsified evidence falsifier falsifier falsifier falsifies falsifies falsifies falsify falsify falsify falsify accounts falsify testimony falsifying falsifying falsifying Falsing Falsing Falsing Falsing Falsing Falsism falsities falsities falsities falsities falsity FALSS Falstaff Falstaff Falstaff International Film Festival Falstaff snore Falstaff, Sir John Falstaffian Falster Falster falsus Falsus in uno FALT Falta de objectividad Falta Export Processing Zone faltboat falter falter falter falter in faltered faltered falterer falterer falterers falterers faltering faltering Faltering Good Friday Agreement falteringly falteringly

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contradiction in terms
counterexample
disloyalty
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fabrication
falsehood
falseness
falsism
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invalidity
irreality
Lie
lying
many-valued logic
misrepresentation
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prevarication

Accordingly, whereas we not infrequently have ideas or notions in which some falsity is contained, this can only be the case with such as are to some extent confused and obscure, and in this proceed from nothing (participate of negation), that is, exist in us thus confused because we are not wholly perfect.

Reason For Discourse by Descartes, Rene View in context

Silas might have driven a profitable trade in charms as well as in his small list of drugs; but money on this condition was no temptation to him: he had never known an impulse towards falsity, and he drove one after another away with growing irritation, for the news of him as a wise man had spread even to Tarley, and it was long before people ceased to take long walks for the sake of asking his aid.

Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context

The truth or falsity of a statement depends on facts, and not on any power on the part of the statement itself of admitting contrary qualities.

The Categories by Aristotle View in context

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