FALSENESS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

falseness

noun

Definition of falseness

as in infidelity

lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife so that their love would never know a moment of falseness, Thomas Jefferson promised his dying wife that he would never remarry

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as in betrayal

the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another she could not believe that her so-called best friend could ever be guilty of such falseness

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as in deception

the quality or state of being false the falseness of your reasoning is so blatant that it's no wonder you reached that absurd conclusion

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Recent Examples of falseness The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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Noun

Defense attorney Emily Smith argued the prosecution’s case lacked key evidence, including the murder weapon, and had little to stand on aside from his infidelity.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
By the end of Volume I, the court romance has devolved into a series of infidelities, both personal and political, which cause the corruption and destabilization of England’s fledgling democracy.

— Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of infidelity

Noun

Washington’s track record, after all, is defined by betrayal.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Pulled into the action is Liz Gold, an idealistic young woman whose courage and conviction force Leamas to navigate a world where loyalties fracture and betrayal is inevitable.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of betrayal

Noun

Magpies are opportunistic scavengers, incredibly cunning and deceitful and capable of calculated deception.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
This experience combines identity deception, autonomous agent action and software supply-chain risk, along with social engineering devised by an agent and directed against a human.

— Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of deception

Noun

The Royal Family, whose relations with Spencer have long been strained, are said to fear the book could contain numerous bombshells about Charles and Diana’s relationship, which was infamously plagued by adultery and acrimony.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Its citizens held slaves, some of whom were shackled for committing adultery.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of adultery

Noun

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
Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.

— Sue Brightman, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2025

Definition of deceptiveness

Noun

Platner, indeed, has boiled down nearly all political problems to the perfidy of sinister oligarchs.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026

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