| 释义 |
fal·si·fi·ca·tion
\ˌfȯl(t)səfə̇ˈkāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin falsification-, falsificatio, from falsificatus (past participle of falsificare) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act or an instance of falsifying: as
a. : a counterfeiting (as of a work of art)
b. : a usually willful misstatement or misrepresentation : distortion
< a far-reaching and fateful falsification of German cultural history — W.A.Kaufmann >
< of Othello … one can say bluntly … that it suffers in current appreciation an essential falsification — F.R.Leavis >
2. : the act or an instance of showing something to be false or erroneous
3. : a fraudulent alteration of or tampering with (as an account or judgment) |