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falsehood
[ fawls-hood ]
noun
- a false statement; lie.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc.:
The Nazis propagated the falsehood of racial superiority.
- the act of lying or making false statements.
- lack of conformity to truth or fact.
Synonyms: , ,
- Obsolete. deception.
falsehood
/ ˈɔːˌʊ /
noun
- the quality of being untrue
- an untrue statement; lie
- the act of deceiving or lying
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of falsehood1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In that paper, you broke down the coalitional functions of falsehood into three stages.
Before Fox settled the Dominion defamation case for $787.5 million, the judge found it knowingly spread falsehoods.
"When you talk about falsehoods, lies and deception, that's not me. That didn't exist in my whole life," he told the court.
And when the president utters obvious falsehoods, like claiming Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion?
She also said she wants to heal her intergenerational family trauma — a history of alcoholism and violence — that she believes created conditions for her mother’s falsehoods, which made her feel betrayed when revealed.
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