falsehood
nounEtymology
From Middle English falshede, from false + -hede, equivalent to false + -hood.
- inherited from falshede
Definitions
The property of being false.
A false statement, especially an intentional one
A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
- Don't tell falsehoods.
- The fact checking, which started Sunday, stands in stark contrast to the he-said, she-said nature of most television chatfests, even though PolitiFact’s work takes place well after the facts and possible falsehoods are first uttered on TV.
Mendacity, deceitfulness
Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of lying.
- THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN INFLICTED ON GEHAZI, FOR HIS FALSEHOOD AND COVETOUSNESS.
- O mortal, eschew falsehood and flattery. Death flayeth and killeth the false one: The apostate suffereth for his falsehood and pride; he is tormented in both worlds. Renounce slander and envy of others.
- The false prophet looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. This indicates his falsehood. […] He will pretend to be the same as Christ.
The neighborhood
- synonymfalsedom
- synonymfalsehood
- synonymterminological inexactitude
- synonymuntruth
- synonymdisinformation
- synonymfabrication
- synonymfib
- synonymleasing
- synonymmisinformation
- synonymmisstatement
- synonymyed
- antonymtruthantonym(s) of “false statement”
- antonymverityantonym(s) of “false statement”
- antonymcorrectness
- antonymtruthfulness
- antonymveracity
- neighborerroneous
- neighbornonsense
- neighbortruthiness
- neighbortruthlikeness
- neighborverisimilitude
- neighborwikiality
- neighborequivocation
- neighborerror
- neighborfactoid
- neighborfairy tale
- neighborfiction
- neighbormisconception
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at falsehood. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at falsehood. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at falsehood
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA