Untruism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something not true; a false statement.
"No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms, and yet receive, as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence, or persuasive logic, fell from his lips."
Example
More examples"No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms, and yet receive, as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence, or persuasive logic, fell from his lips."
Etymology
From untrue + -ism.
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