单词 | suggestio falsi |
释义 | suggestio falsin. A misrepresentation of the truth whereby something incorrect is implied to be true; an indirect lie. Often in contexts with suppressio veri n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > evasion of truth paradiastole1555 equivocating1606 equivocation1609 quidlibet1611 equivoque1631 equivocya1636 prevarication1656 half-truth1658 suppressio veri1677 suggestio falsi1815 oil1917 1815 H. Maddock Treat. Princ. & Pract. Chancery I. 208 Whenever Suppressio veri or Suggestio falsi occur..they afford a sufficient ground for setting aside any Release or Conveyance. 1833 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 271 This omission, which ingeniously combines the suggestio falsi with the omissio veri. 1855 Newspaper & Gen. Reader's Pocket Compan. i. 4 He was bound to say that the suppressio veri on that occasion approached very nearly to a positive suggestio falsi. 1898 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. (1899) 36 It seems..that they had held back material facts; that they were guilty both of suppressio veri and suggestio falsi. 1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxxvi. 389 That's suppressio veri and suggestio falsi! Besides, it's fibs! 1962 J. Wilson Public Schools & Private Pract. i. 19 It is rare to find a positively verifiable untruth in a school brochure: but it is equally rare not to find a great many suggestiones falsi, particularly as regards the material comfort and facilities available. 1980 D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise 7 There are undoubted cases of suppressio veri; on the other hand, he appears to eschew suggestio falsi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1815 |
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