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.

Nearby words

falsie, falsies, falsifiable, falsification, falsify, falsity, falstaff, falstaffian, falster, faltboat, falter

Origin of falsity

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

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Examples from the Web for falsity

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|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|DAILY BEAST
In all this what ‘hypocrisy,’ ‘ambition,’ ‘cant,’ or other falsity?
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History|Thomas Carlyle
Analysis of desire thus reveals the falsity of theories which magnify it at the expense of intelligence.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey

Or that coquetry and falsity take the place nowadays of love and friendship?
The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX)|Charles Paul de Kock
Truth combined with a conscience, is always a danger, a menace to falsity.
The Forged Note|Oscar Micheaux
The falsity is not that he sees God in this rubbish, but that he does not see Him elsewhere.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864|Various

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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Word Origin and History for falsity

falsity

1550s, from Old French fauseté (12c., Modern French fausseté), from Late Latin falsitatem (nominative falsitas), from Latin falsus (see false).

falsity

noun, plural fal·si·ties.

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falsity

noun plural -ties

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