noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The characteristic of being false. countable, uncountable

   "All falseness collapses under the weight of denied truth."

2. 2
   the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical wordnet
3. 3
   unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous wordnet
4. 4
   the state of being false or untrue wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

falsityfaithlessnessfalsehoodfalsityinsincerityuntruth

Antonyms

All antonyms

truthtruthfulnessveracity

Example

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"All falseness collapses under the weight of denied truth."

Etymology

From false + -ness.

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