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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But in a further deception orchestrated by the Devil, the king’s mother is ordered to kill the queen and her child.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026 -
Red-team against deliberate deception, not just natural variability.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Alfred North Whitehead called this the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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But some surgeons call this a fallacy.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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
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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
Noun
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In the ensuing months, as Roberts' falsehoods emerged, the Des Moines School Board has sued JG Consulting the search firm that helped the school district find and vet Roberts, accusing it of negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract.—
Kyle Werner,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Rumours break like waves in some nameless river, dappling our sleeves with falsehood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Liaquat Ahamed has spent his career studying the moments when the world’s financial system breaks down — the bad bets, the collective delusions, and the geopolitical accidents that tip economies into catastrophe.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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But there was a third kind of fascistic untruth: the Pointless Lie.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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They’ve been more heavily scrutinized, in large part because of the stream of untruths from Trump and his acolytes.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Outrage and falsity One thing is becoming clear.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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In real life or onscreen, the most glorious wigs in 2025 were the ones that called attention to that falsity rather than trying to blend into normality.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Erroneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneousness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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