falsity

Example Sentences

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Their missions—basically, to serve as neutral, credible platforms for evaluating the relative truth and falsity of statements and rhetoric across the political spectrum—are laudable and entirely uncontroversial.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

The way you couched the statement that wasn’t true would indicate the seriousness of its falsity.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

All of that falsity fades away under the bright lights, which crave that sort of manicured behavior.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024

“Libel can be boiled down to a false statement of fact that harms somebody’s reputation” – and is published with knowledge of that falsity and malice if the person is a public figure, Gaston-Falk added.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Ultimately, at five minutes past three that afternoon, Smith admitted the falsity of the Fort Scott tale.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote