Examples of falsity in a Sentence
a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age
when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another
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What’s at stake in this study is more than the truth or falsity of Foucault’s account of modern incarceration.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
From there, Krasznahorkai dismantles many of the falsities that had seeped down from the official propagandists into the collective psyche of the proletariat.
—Andrew Ervin, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
In just a few words, the governor combined falsity with accusation.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
From there, Krasznahorkai dismantles many of the falsities that had seeped down from the official propagandists into the collective psyche of the proletariat.
—Andrew Ervin, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
In just a few words, the governor combined falsity with accusation.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for falsity
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“Falsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falsity. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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falsity
noun
fal·si·ty
ˈfȯl-sət-ē 
plural falsities
1
: something false : lie
2
: the quality or state of being false
Legal Definition
falsity
noun
fal·si·ty
ˈfȯl-sə-tē
plural falsities
1
: something false
2
: the quality or state of being false
did not establish the falsity of the statement
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