falsities

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   Statements or beliefs that are not true; the quality of being false.

   Grammar: Countable; the singular is falsity. Use it for things that are false, not for people.

   Patterns

   • the falsities of something
   • spread falsities
   • expose falsities

   The report was full of falsities about the company's finances.

   She spent years exposing the falsities in his autobiography.

   The court rejected the falsities in the witness's testimony.

2. 2noununcountableformal

   The state or fact of being false or untrue.

   Grammar: Uncountable when it means the general quality of being false; do not use a plural or 'a' before it.

   Patterns

   • the falsity of something
   • prove the falsity of something

   Philosophers debate the falsity of certain logical statements.

   The falsity of the rumor was soon clear to everyone.

Word forms

Common combinations

spread falsities

The newspaper was accused of spreading falsities about the election.

expose falsities

The journalist's job is to expose falsities in public statements.

a web of falsities

His alibi was a web of falsities that quickly fell apart.

Synonyms and how they differ

lies

Lies are deliberate false statements, while falsities can be false without meaning to deceive.

untruths

Untruths is a formal word for false statements, often used to avoid saying lies.

falsehoods

Falsehoods is very close in meaning but slightly more formal and often used in legal contexts.

Opposites

Word family

false adjective

Not true or not correct.

falsely adverb

In a way that is not true.

falsify verb

To change information or documents to make them false.

falsification noun

The act of making something false, especially documents.

Commonly confused: falsities or fallsies?

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