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[ fawl-si-tee ] / ˈfɔl sɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR falsity ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural fal·si·ties.the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery. something false; falsehood. Origin of falsity1225–75; Middle English falsete<Anglo-French <Late Latin falsitās.See false, -ity Words nearby falsityfalsie, falsies, falsifiable, falsification, falsify, falsity, Falstaff, Falstaffian, Falster, faltboat, falter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for falsityYet the truth or falsity of the lurid report is almost beside the point. North Korea's Monstrous Murder Methods|Gordon G. Chang|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST We trust the judicial process to reach the ultimate conclusions about the truth or falsity of these allegations. ‘I Always Felt It Was Creepy’: Stories of Sex With Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash|Maria Elena Fernandez|December 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST In all this what ‘hypocrisy,’ ‘ambition,’ ‘cant,’ or other falsity? Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History|Thomas Carlyle Analysis of desire thus reveals the falsity of theories which magnify it at the expense of intelligence. Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
Or that coquetry and falsity take the place nowadays of love and friendship? The Milkmaid of Montfermeil (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XX)|Charles Paul de Kock Truth combined with a conscience, is always a danger, a menace to falsity. The Forged Note|Oscar Micheaux The falsity is not that he sees God in this rubbish, but that he does not see Him elsewhere. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864|Various
British Dictionary definitions for falsity
noun plural -tiesthe state of being false or untrue something false; a lie or deception Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to falsityfalsehood, duplicity, insincerity, inaccuracy, deceit, mendacity, canard, disingenuousness, fake, double-dealing, lie, story, cheating, hypocrisy, fib, sham, prevarication, infidelity, perfidy, fraud |