That is just an untruth.
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Untruth
/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/
Synonyms for "untruth" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Noun(4 words)
Determiner(1 words)
a lie
Strong matches (27)
fairy talefallaciousnessfallacyfalsehoodfalsenessfalsityfarfetched storyfarragofaultfaultinessfibfictionfish storyflamflawflawednessflimflamghost storyhalf truthhalf-truth
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Adjective(3 words)
false assertionfalse claimfalse statement
Noun(3 words)
Related words (45)
heresyheterodoxyillusioninveracitylegal fictionlibellielittle white liemendacitymisapplicationmisconstructionmisdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmisrepresentationmythpeccancyperversionpious fiction
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prevaricationself-contradictionsinsinfulnessslight stretchingstorytaletall storytall taletaradiddletrumped-up storytruthlessnessunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthfulnesswhite liewrongyarn
Noun(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
lie to someone
Adjective(1 words)
unfounded falsehood
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5 entriesblatant untruthdeliberate untruthpublic untruthutter untruthwillful untruth
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2 total sentences available.
He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.
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