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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawl-si-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔl sɪ ti



Definition of falsity

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Old French fauseté (12c., Modern French fausseté), from Late Latin falsitatem (nominative falsitas), from Latin falsus (see false).
  • noun dishonesty, deception
Example sentences :
  • The reason is clear, that he did not believe it: he must have known the falsity of the report.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • That is a horrible blasphemy, the falsity of which will be seen in the future.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The falsity of the charge against Clay has been proved as nearly as a negative can be.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • There was, in spite of what the girl called her falsity, something generous about her.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
  • But it is not necessary to expose this falsity in its crude and most violent forms.
  • Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
  • The truth or falsity of these stories of the peones I must leave to the inclination of the reader.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • The readiness with which this cry was raised seemed evidence of its falsity.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • And they play up to our bit of falsity till there is hell to pay.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • In all this what ‘hypocrisy,’ ‘ambition,’ ‘cant,’ or other falsity?
  • Extract from : « Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Argumentation is the process of establishing the truth or falsity of a thing.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter

Synonyms for falsity

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