falsity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: falsity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsity n the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" Synonym(s): falsity, falseness Antonym(s): the true, trueness, truth, verity a false statement Synonym(s): falsehood, falsity, untruth Antonym(s): true statement, truth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falsity \Fal"sity\, n.;pl. {Falsities}. [L. falsitas: cf. F. fausset[82], OF. also, falsit[82]. 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.