falsity

[ fawl-si-tee ]

/ ˈfɔl sɪ ti /

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noun, plural fal·si·ties.

the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.

something false; falsehood.

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Origin of falsity

1225–75; Middle English falsete<Anglo-French <Late Latin falsitās.See false, -ity

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How to use falsity in a sentence

In the meantime, by being generally condemned as falsities, they will not be essentially damaged as truths.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
He had come from the clamorous city, with its strife, its falsities, its bitter disappointments; and presently he would return.
Thirty|Howard Vincent O'Brien
As they are of this character, even when they come into the other life, they are greatly infested there by evils and falsities.
Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There|Emanuel Swedenborg
And in the other life truths are represented by fixed stars, but falsities by wandering stars, no. 1128.
Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There|Emanuel Swedenborg

The two 141 other falsities are, the "ill success of the play," and "my disowning it."
The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18)|John Dryden

British Dictionary definitions for falsity

falsity

/ (ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state of being false or untrue

something false; a lie or deception

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