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falsehood

[fawls-hood]

noun

  1. a false statement; lie.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,
  2. something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc..

    The Nazis propagated the falsehood of racial superiority.

  3. the act of lying or making false statements.

  4. lack of conformity to truth or fact.

    Synonyms: , ,
  5. Obsolete.deception.



falsehood

/ ˈɔːˌʊ /

noun

  1. the quality of being untrue

  2. an untrue statement; lie

  3. the act of deceiving or lying

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of falsehood1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English falsehead, falshede; false, -hood
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Synonym Study

Falsehood, fib, lie, untruth refer to something untrue or incorrect. A falsehood is a statement that distorts or suppresses the truth, in order to deceive: to tell a falsehood about one's ancestry in order to gain acceptance. A fib denotes a trivial falsehood, and is often used to characterize that which is not strictly true: a polite fib. A lie is a vicious falsehood: to tell a lie about one's neighbor. An untruth is an incorrect statement, either intentionally misleading (less harsh, however, than falsehood or lie) or arising from misunderstanding or ignorance: I'm afraid you are telling an untruth.
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In a feebler, curious state, falsehoods can take root while truth slips through our hands, and vice versa.

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It’s so infected with falsehoods, misrepresentations and ideological blinkers that it will only subject the health of American children to the greatest risk they’ve faced in, yes, American history.

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Trump and his agents are turning their firehose of distraction, falsehoods and spectacle on full blast.

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But making Cassian the main focus would obscure the show’s larger point about free societies being hustled off a cliff by mass complacency, facilitated by falsehoods.

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It has also accounted for why the Always Trumpers still support the Liar-in-Chief to this day and why they believe in the falsehoods that the election was “rigged” and “stolen” by the Democrats.

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