Hypertext Webster Gateway: "falsity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Falsity \Fal"si*ty\, n.;pl. {Falsities}. [L. falsitas: cf. F.
fausset['e], OF. also, falsit['e]. See {False}, a.]
1. The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of
conformity to truth.

Probability does not make any alteration, either in
the truth or falsity of things. --South.

2. That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

Men often swallow falsities for truths. --Sir T.
Brown.

Syn: Falsehood; lie; deceit.

Usage: {Falsity}, {Falsehood}, {Lie}. Falsity denotes the
state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a
false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross,
unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's
assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and
thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

falsity
n 1: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not
determine its truth or falsity" [syn: {falseness}] [ant:
{truth}]
2: a false statement [syn: {falsehood}, {untruth}, {false
statement}] [ant: {truth}]


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