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falsehood



false·hood [ ˈfȯls-ˌhu̇d]



falsehood   
noun
[ˈfȯls-ˌhu̇d]

Definition of falsehood

1 : an untrue statement : lie
2 : absence of truth or accuracy
3 : the practice of lying : mendacity


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Recent Examples on the Web


//Mainstream-media fact-checkers have noted her falsehoods on numerous occasions.
— A. G. Hamilton, National Review, "No, Facebook Shouldn’t Be the Arbiter of Political Speech," 25 Oct. 2019
//Last week her campaign released a video containing a lie to show that Facebook proliferated falsehoods on its platform.
— Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, "Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren Spar Over Twitter's Responsibility to Remove Trump," 16 Oct. 2019
//This is yet another pathetic attempt by Democrats to destroy President Trump with falsehoods to overturn the results of the 2016 election.
— Eleanor Watson, CBS News, "19 GOP senators are up for re-election in 2020. Here's where they stand on the impeachment inquiry," 14 Oct. 2019
//Not with the most prodigious liar in history as president, not with the nation’s political discourse flooded with falsehoods from cable-news prevaricators, website exaggerators, social-media fabricators.
— Leonard Pitts Jr - Miami Herald, The Mercury News, "Pitts: Jeffrey Epstein’s death is a body blow to the public trust," 16 Aug. 2019
//The allegations contained in the indictment are based on complete falsehoods.
— Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, "Todd Chrisley's Son Kyle Reveals He Tried to Kill Himself Leading to His Hospitalization Last Week," 6 Sep. 2019
//Even if those feelings are misguided, based on falsehoods, fickle, or fleeting, the opportunity to be counted is strongly valued and has a revered place in America.
— Jennifer Victor, Vox, "What good are elections, anyway?," 30 Oct. 2018
//And social networks simply provide another way to propel falsehoods.
— David Robson, CNN, "How to be a human lie detector of fake news, according to the latest science," 16 Sep. 2019
//Many of Trump’s attempts to justify falsehoods involve situations in which his ego is threatened.
— Los Angeles Times, "Trump and the hurricane: How much damage did he do?," 13 Sep. 2019


First Known Use of falsehood

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1



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1 a false idea or belief
  • the possibility of a perpetual motion machine is one falsehood that has been disproved by modern physics

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2 a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
  • several falsehoods in the witness's testimony that may be grounds for perjury

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3 the quality or state of being false
  • scientists eventually demonstrated the falsehood of the claim that prehistoric fish did not evolve lungs and legs

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4 the tendency to tell lies
  • a cynic who believes that politics are a veritable fount of falsehood

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More Definitions forfalsehood

falsehood

noun

English Language Learners Definition of falsehood

: an untrue statement
: the quality of not being true or accurate : false quality

falsehood

noun
false·​hood | \ ˈfȯls-ˌhu̇d \

Kids Definition of falsehood

1 : lie entry 3
2 : the habit of lying
//His falsehood ruined our friendship.