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unˈtruism
[f. untrue a., after truism.]
1. An untruth.
1845Q. Rev. LXXV. 115 This continual repetition of amiable untruisms. 1857Trollope Barchester T. vi, No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms; and yet receive..the same respectful demeanour.
2. That which is untrue.
1868Visct. Strangford Select. (1869) I. 188 This tiresome literary trick of making an appeal..to the genius of Untruism. |