falsity

[fawl-si-tee]

noun

plural

falsities 

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

2. something false; falsehood.

falsity

/ ˈfɔːlsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state of being false or untrue

2. something false; a lie or deception

Word History and Origins

Origin of falsity¹

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

Example Sentences

In May, when Walmart’s CEO exposed the transparent falsity of that statement by stating, “Higher tariffs will result in higher prices,” an apoplectic president told the company to “EAT THE TARIFFS.”

From Salon

At his recent news conference, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spewed a firehose of falsity about autism.

From Los Angeles Times

He accused the show’s producers of “negligence, knowledge of falsity, and/or a reckless disregard for the truth.”

From Los Angeles Times

The way you couched the statement that wasn’t true would indicate the seriousness of its falsity.

From Salon

Mencken warned us nearly a century ago about “chain-store” methods of journalism and the “eager swallowing” of propaganda done by journalists “in the face of the plainest evidence of its falsity.”

From Salon

Related Words

• deceit 
• duplicity 
• falsehood 
• inaccuracy 
• insincerity 
• mendacity