falsity

noun
/ˈfɔːl.sɪ.ti/UK/ˈfɔl.sɪ.ti/US/ˈfɒl.sɪ.ti/

Etymology

Corresponding to false + -ity. From Middle French fausseté, Old French falseté, from Late Latin falsitas, from Latin falsus.

  1. derived from falsus
  2. derived from falsitas
  3. derived from falseté
  4. derived from fausseté

Definitions

  1. Something that is false

    Something that is false; an untrue assertion.

    • The belief that the world is flat is a falsity.
  2. The characteristic of being untrue.

    • The falsity of that statement is easily proven.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for falsity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA