The belief that the world is flat is a falsity.
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Falsity
//ˈfɔːl.sɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "falsity" (174 found)
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Strong matches (52)
Related words (87)
hamartiaheresyheterodoxyhumbughumbuggeryhypocrisyidolillusionimpostureimproprietyinconstancyinfidelityinsincerityinveracitylegal fictionlielittle white liemala fidesmasquerademendaciousness
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mendacitymeretriciousnessmisapplicationmisconstructionmisdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmisrepresentationostentationoutward showpeccancyperfidiousnessperfidyperversionpious fictionplayactingposeposingposturepretensepretensionpretextprevaricationpunic faithrecreancyrepresentationseemingself-contradictionsemblanceshamshowsimulacrumsimulationsinsinfulnessslight stretchingspeciousnessspuriosityspuriousnessstorytaletall storytall taletaradiddletrothlessnesstrumped-up storytruthlessnessuncandidnessunfaithunfaithfulnessunloyaltyunorthodoxyunsteadfastnessuntruenessuntruthfulnessvarnishwhite liewindow dressingwrongwrongnessyarn
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Translations
23 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- лъжа noun (untrue assertion)
- невярност noun (characteristic of being untrue)
- погрешност noun (characteristic of being untrue)
Czech
2 entries- nepravda noun (untrue assertion)
- nepravdivost noun (characteristic of being untrue)
Finnish
4 entries- epätotuus noun (characteristic of being untrue)
- harhaluulo noun (untrue assertion)
- virhe noun (untrue assertion)
- virheellisyys noun (characteristic of being untrue)
French
2 entries- fausseté noun (untrue assertion)
- fausseté noun (characteristic of being untrue)
German
4 entries- Falschheit noun (characteristic of being untrue)
- Unrichtigkeit noun (untrue assertion)
- Unrichtigkeit noun (characteristic of being untrue)
- Unwahrkeit noun (untrue assertion)
Latin
1 entries- falsitās noun (characteristic of being untrue)
Romanian
4 entries- falsitate noun (untrue assertion)
- falsitate noun (characteristic of being untrue)
- neadevăr noun (untrue assertion)
- necinste noun (characteristic of being untrue)
Spanish
2 entries- falsedad noun (untrue assertion)
- falsedad noun (characteristic of being untrue)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The falsity of that statement is easily proven.
Source: wiktionary
The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of DOUBLETHINK he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated. The process has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.
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