as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the erroneousness of so much that is printed in the tabloids is amazing
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erroneousness
Noun
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Everything can be used as a tool for good and to build, or for bad and destruction and deception.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025 -
The question now is whether our ability to detect deception can evolve as fast as the tools that create it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But these far-right personalities were pushing an absurd logical fallacy.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Oct. 2025
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The river is the first to remind us that stoppage is a fallacy, hubris.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The President didn’t help his case by spreading outlandish falsehoods.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Her vicious falsehoods are especially harmful now, at the moment when all Americans need to find common ground and affirm that political violence is never, ever acceptable.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Don’t let delusions (especially those planted by gaslighters) guide your thoughts and heart.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
14 Oct. 2025
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Chatbots are known to validate users’ obsessions and delusions, and most of the litigation around this phenomenon has so far pertained to self-harm, as in the suits Jain has brought against OpenAI and Character Technologies.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those that prioritize speed over accuracy might spit out plenty of seemingly unrealistic untruths.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Sep. 2025
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This week, Stuart Heritage reports from the U.K. on why The Salt Path, the inspirational best-selling memoir by Raynor Winn, now seems to be a hive of untruths.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
19 July 2025
Noun
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In just a few words, the governor combined falsity with accusation.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Plaintiff will, therefore, never be able to establish the Defendants acted with knowing falsity in publishing the Article.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Erroneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneousness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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