Synonyms

untruth

American

[uhn-trooth] / ʌnˈtruθ /

noun

plural

untruths

the state or character of being untrue.
want of veracity; divergence from truth.
something untrue; a falsehood or lie.

Synonyms:

invention, fabrication, tale, story, fiction
Archaic. unfaithfulness; disloyalty.

untruth British

/ ʌnˈtruːθ /

noun

the state or quality of being untrue
a statement, fact, etc, that is not true

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Related Words

See falsehood.

Etymology

Origin of untruth

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English untrēowth: un- ¹, truth

Example Sentences

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Like some of her real-world counterparts, Madame M. is essentially a chief disinformation officer more interested in supplying untruth than decrying it.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a full-blooded attempt at character assassination, a branding of Rodgers as untrustful, a perpetrator of untruths, a spreader of falsehoods; divisive, misleading and unacceptable.

From BBC

She called it a "flat untruth" that she'd been the one who introduced the Duke of York to Epstein.

From BBC

“I’m not going to call it an untruth. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. I’m going to call it for what it is, which is a lie.”

From Los Angeles Times

That is because factual untruth requires continuous additional untruths to cover over and sustain the original one.

From Salon

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