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falsity

noun

fal·​si·​ty ˈfȯl-sə-tē How to pronounce falsity (audio)
plural falsities
1
: something false : lie
2
: the quality or state of being false

Example Sentences

a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another
Recent Examples on the Web The obvious falsity lets the audience in on what is really happening—frightful submission before an unjust power—and implicates them in the lie. Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 We are trained in work, in the falsity of a secure future when there’s no such thing; we are not trained to keep asking how to make the most of our lives right now. Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2022 The only way for the court to determine the falsity of that claim would be to litigate the teachings of the Temple. Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022 If the plaintiff is a private person, the plaintiff need only prove that the defendant made the statement either knowing its falsity or with negligence, such as by not using reasonable efforts to verify third-party information. Schuyler Moore, Forbes, 19 May 2022 There are other details in the Facebook post that also point to its falsity. Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022 In the era of flush fashion magazine features, her work, alongside both fashion and art-world photographers, blurred falsity and reality, constructed glamour and naturalistic confidence. New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022 In that instance, the jury found, Bauman did speak with reckless disregard for the statement's truth or falsity, abused his First Amendment privilege and was not acting within the scope of his employment. Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2022 Drawing on his own experience, Cash might have broken up the central falsity of the archipelago of glass and steel known as the New South: its equation of whiteness with self-sufficiency and Blackness with dependency. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of falsity was in the 13th century

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