Contents
English
Etymology
Noun
falsity (plural falsities)
- (countable) Something that is false; an untrue assertion.
- The belief that the world is flat is a falsity.
- (uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.
- The falsity of that statement is easily proven.
Synonyms
- falsehood
- falseness
- See also Wikisaurus:falsehood
Antonyms
References
- “falsity” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- falsity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “falsity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "falsity" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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