falsityn.
/ˈfɔːlsᵻti/, /ˈfɒlsᵻti/, U.S. /ˈfɔlsədi/, /ˈfɑlsədi/ 1. The quality or condition of being false.
a. Contrariety or want of conformity to truth or fact. Also an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun]
falseness1303
falselekea1350
untrothc1386
falsehooda1400
untruth1439
mensongec1450
fallax1530
falsity1579
fallacy1590
impropriety1611
improperness1612
wrongc1620
fallaciousness1644
fallacity1648
untrueness1652
unsubstantiality1838
unsubstantialness1860
incorrectitude1898
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 577 Between veritie & falsitie there is no meane.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 56 He [sc. Solon] absolutely forbad him to teach or act tragedies, conceiving their falsity unprofitable.
1767 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 89 His lordship had not said a word to prove the falsity of any one sentence.
1845 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. June 165 He..denounced the falsity of the doctrine which was inculcated there.
b. Untruthfulness, deceitfulness, insincerity.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > [noun]
falseshipc1230
foulnessa1470
dishonesty1600
falsity1603
unparliamentariness1628
sinisterity1629
deviousness1727
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
swikec893
swikedomc893
dwalec950
braida1000
falsec1000
flerdc1000
swikelnessa1023
fakenOE
chuffingc1175
fikenungc1175
bipechingc1200
treachery?c1225
falseshipc1230
guilec1230
telingc1230
swikeheada1250
craftc1275
felony1297
wrench1297
deceitc1300
gabc1300
guiling13..
guilery1303
quaintisec1325
wrenk1338
beswiking1340
falsehood1340
abetc1350
wissing1357
wilec1374
faitery1377
faiting1377
tregetryc1380
fallacec1384
trainc1390
coverture1393
facrere1393
ficklenessc1397
falsagea1400
tregeta1400
abusionc1405
blearingc1405
deceptionc1430
mean?c1430
tricotc1430
obreption1465
fallacy1481
japery1496
gauderya1529
fallax1530
conveyance1531
legerdemain1532
dole1538
trompe1547
joukery1562
convoyance1578
forgery1582
abetment1586
outreaching1587
chicanery1589
falsery1594
falsity1603
fubbery1604
renaldry1612
supercherie1621
circumduction1623
fobbinga1627
dice-play1633
beguile1637
fallaxitya1641
ingannation1646
hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty
fakenOE
falseshipc1230
foulnessa1470
dishonesty1600
falsity1603
sinisterity1629
chicanery1655
1603 I. C. in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 57 Cressids falsitie.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 943 Accusations of ingratitude and falsity.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 331 A Greece which had lost its genius and retained its falsity.
c. Spurious or counterfeit character.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > quality of
counterfeitness1557
adulteration1609
supposititiousness1638
apocryphalness1641
adulterateness1655
forgery1665
falsity1678
spuriousness1818
spuriosity1863
1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity v. §16. 146 Socrates was informed by it..of the Falsity of the Heathen's Gods.
2. Something that is false.
a. An untrue proposition, doctrine, or statement; an error or falsehood. Also in generalized sense, that which is untrue; false opinion or statement, error, falsehood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie
liec900
leasingc1000
falsehoodc1290
falsedom1297
gabbinga1300
fablec1300
follyc1300
fittenc1440
untruthc1449
crackc1450
fallacy1481
falsity1557
falsedict1579
untroth1581
crackera1625
flam1632
mendacity1646
fairy story1692
false1786
whid1794
gag1805
wrinkle1819
reacher1828
cram1842
untruism1845
crammer1861
inveracity1864
bung1882
fairy tale1896
mistruth1897
post-and-rails1945
pork pie1973
porky1985
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun]
falsity1557
misinformation1605
misintelligencea1686
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > false proposition, statement, etc.
falsec1380
falsehood1393
falsity1557
paradox1570
slip1579
fallacy1590
falsism1835
unfact1887
1557 New Test. (Geneva) Epist. *iv In lyes and falsitie ther is no suche consent and concorde.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 57 God forbid, that this Authors fauxities should make us undervalue this worthy King.
1776 T. Paine Common Sense ii. 26 The most barefaced falsity ever imposed upon mankind.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xxiii. 305 A preamble, composed of every falsity that could be devised.
b. A counterfeit, sham. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged
falsehood1340
counterfeiture1548
forgery1574
bastard1581
man of straw1599
counterfeit1613
imitationa1616
mock1646
pasteboard1648
sophistication1664
imposture1699
fraud1725
sham1728
adulteration1756
falsity1780
duff1781
shim-sham1797
shammy1822
Hodge-razor1843
pinchbeck1847
shice1859
cook-up1865
postiche1876
fakery1880
fake1883
bogosity1893
spuriosity1894
dud1897
cluck1904
rake-up1957
bodgie1988
1780 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 10 This, as Miss Waldron said of her Hair, is all a falsity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [noun]
lewnessc1175
treachery?c1225
culvertshipa1250
falsedom1297
felony1297
traitorhead1303
traitory1303
falsenessc1330
falsityc1330
trainc1390
traitorhoodc1470
covin1487
traitorousness1571
Punic faith1590
traitorism1591
treacherousness1610
traitorship1645
bad faith1653
treasonableness1679
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsedom1297
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
falsityc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness1526
untrustiness1526
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
truth breach1597
faithlessness1598
bad faith1653
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
unreliableness1844
disfaith1881
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
embezzlement1548
malversationc1550
falsity1581
misapplication1607
interverting1614
peculate1617
peculation1658
abstracting1669
plunderage1700
interversiona1754
conveyancing1754
misappropriation1794
abstraction1823
defalcation1832
malappropriation1848
teeming and lading1859
boodlery1886
bobol1907
chop-chop1966
liberation1966
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 247 Dilexit Sir Adam gilerie & falste.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxxvi. 123 Flaterye j am cleped bi my name..eldere douhter to falsetee.
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xxi. 625 Unlawfull taking of money for doing his office, or of such other falsitie.
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