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falsity

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Entry Word: falsity
Function: noun
Meaning: 1 a false idea or belief <a letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age> — see fallacy 1
2 a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive <when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another> — see lie
3 lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife <the falsity of Guinevere usually figures prominently in medieval and modern tellings of the legend of King Arthur> — see infidelity 1
4 the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another <despite being offered a fortune to spill the presidentʼs secrets, the trusted aide declared that heʼd sooner die than be guilty of such falsity> — see betrayal
5 the quality or state of being false <the falsity of Columbusʼs estimate of the earthʼs circumference was pretty much demonstrated when he made a head-on collision with the western hemisphere> — see fallacy 2

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