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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Noun
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This deception couldn’t come at a worse time for America’s debt.—
Thomas Kahn,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025 -
Unlike earlier studies that uncovered evasion or deception, this research exposed a more alarming phenomenon: models calculating that unethical behavior was a justifiable strategy for survival.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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The list of projects that fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy are legion.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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And the fallacy is that trade deficits actually mean anything.—
Isabel Danzis,
ABC News,
18 May 2025
Noun
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One of the company's meteorologists, Jonathan Belles, debunked some of the most common falsehoods surrounding severe storms, recommending tips on how to best prepare for them.—
Katie Wiseman,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The fact that the development and rollout follow Trump's falsehoods about widespread noncitizen voting makes election experts wary of how this new tool will work.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
21 June 2025
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The series focuses on the dynamics of one Danish family and the stripping away of their—and our—delusions about climate change, status, exile, and separation.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
21 June 2025
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The basic essentials of your life – electricity, food and water – must be in place to afford the privilege of propagating or believing untruths.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The writer’s task is the sculpting of these untruths into a work of art, into a cohesive story that suspends the readers’ belief, gently ushers them into the imaginary and holds them there.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some Americans recognize the lies’ falsity but have decided that some things—their own tribe, their vision for the country—are simply more important than truth.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Erroneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneousness. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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