Untruism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Etymology

From untrue + -ism.

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