Definitions

falsity

[fawl-si-tee] / ˈfɔl sɪ ti /

NOUN

dishonesty, deception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deceit duplicity falsehood inaccuracy insincerity mendacity

STRONG

canard cheating deceptiveness disingenuousness double-dealing erroneousness error faithlessness fake fallacy fib fraud fraudulence hypocrisy infidelity lie misrepresentation perfidiousness perfidy prevarication sham story tale treachery unfaithfulness unreality untruth

WEAK

uncandidness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

honesty truth

STRONG

certainty constancy faithfulness fidelity forthrightness loyalty reality right

WEAK

truthfulness

Example Sentences

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Falsity is worse than ignorance since it can lead us so quickly to disaster.

From Fox News • Mar. 24, 2020

But we should also be on guard for its fellow travelers: Falsity, the opposite of truth, and foolishness, the opposite of wisdom.

From Fox News • Mar. 24, 2020

Next week’s results: Falsity Is Job One, or Faux-Wheel Drive, our contest for bogus trivia about cars and the automotive world.

From Washington Post

Falsity looked out of his narrow, deprecating eyes, falsity breathed in his smooth voice, falsity declared itself in his obsequious manners.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)

As many of our News-Papers are charged with playing Tricks with the Publick, I shall make bold to mention a few of them; and they are chiefly these, Falsity, Absurdity, and Trifling.

From The Tricks of the Town: or, Ways and Means of getting Money by Thomson, John, fl. 1732

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