erroneousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erroneousness
Noun
  • The series was loosely inspired by the non-fiction book The Woman Who Fooled the World, written by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, the two journalists who uncovered the details of Gibson’s deception.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
  • One of the great joys of the U.S. version of The Traitors is watching familiar faces across the reality TV map converge in a game of strategy and deception (and, yes, mehrduhr).
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But the Lions’ rash of injuries this year could show the ultimate fallacy of that argument.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has had much to say about Whorfian fallacies.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The platform has itself been called a cesspool, rife with hateful rhetoric and falsehoods.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The success of this experiment will depend on whether the social contract of trust between creators and their audiences leads to a digital ecosystem where facts are rewarded over falsehoods.
    Cherie Brooke Luo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a moment of delusion, Simon cooks up a scheme to get Wei-Tung married and secure their friend Wei-Wei a green card.
    Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Being able to make tactical adjustments or create a match environment that the stronger opponent doesn’t enjoy is one thing; when that isn’t possible, maintaining self-belief often tips towards delusion.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • By contrast, animal hides are often non-biodegradable since they’re frequently coated in plastic—another untruth that has been promulgated by the industry.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The verb lie, lie, lied, which means to tell an untruth, is an intransitive verb not requiring an object.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This is mainly the case because what's being peddled by these champions of freedom is spin, self-serving falsity, and whole-cloth fabrications.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Chris Gair, Thompson’s attorney, argued Tuesday that a falsity is an untruth about an objective fact while a misleading statement depends on what a reasonable person hears.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Erroneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneousness. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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