falsity

[ fawl-si-tee ]

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noun,plural fal·si·ties.

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

Origin of falsity

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

Words Nearby falsity

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How to use falsity in a sentence

And now, after 60 years, the disgraceful falsity of the charge has finally been confirmed.
I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk | Clive Irving | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yet the truth or falsity of the lurid report is almost beside the point.
North Korea's Monstrous Murder Methods | Gordon G. Chang | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
We trust the judicial process to reach the ultimate conclusions about the truth or falsity of these allegations.
‘I Always Felt It Was Creepy’: Stories of Sex With Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash | Maria Elena Fernandez | December 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Argument is that form of discourse which has for its object the proof of the truth or falsity of a proposition.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
But it is easy to refute all these useless reasonings and to show the falsity of all these evidences.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier

The actual proceedings of the King in Council prove the injustice and falsity of such insinuations and statements.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton Ryerson
It was this which filled the old poets and seers with religious horror; for men dared to suspect the falsity of the sun.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
They are not so false as the theory, because nothing can in falsity quite equal that.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for falsity

falsity

/ (ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ) /

nounplural -ties

the state of being false or untrue
something false; a lie or deception

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