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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited
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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
there is an element of untruth in all forms of art: works of art provide only a semblance of reality
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Recent Examples of untruth
Most of the papers featuring naked women and naked untruths belonged to Rupert Murdoch.
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Andrew O’Hagan,
New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2026
Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level.
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John Connelly,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
His newest book makes such fact-finding a key theme, demonstrating the instability of a political system grounded in untruth—and investigating how populist leaders can wield that for their own ends.
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Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Andrew O’Hagan,
New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2026
Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level.
—
John Connelly,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
His newest book makes such fact-finding a key theme, demonstrating the instability of a political system grounded in untruth—and investigating how populist leaders can wield that for their own ends.
—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.
—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untruth
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By chance, Rhaena arrives at the Gullet on dragonback just in time to make the same hubristic mistake as her sister and her cousin, all suffering from the delusion that the war needs them.
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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The lawsuit alleges that this was a lie and that neither of LeVota’s tax plans were created at the direction of the state.
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Well, the first principle to embrace is work-life balance is a lie.
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So, that's a kind of deception.
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The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
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The piece’s name is also a nod to a Greek myth, in which the 50 daughters of King Danaos—the Danaïdes—were ordered to kill their husbands on their wedding night.
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Reinventing the Batman myth for a new generation of fans, Absolute Batman reimagines the Dark Knight as a working-class hero up against impossible odds on a mission to prove that even in an era of wealth, power and corruption, one good person can change the world.
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One tree may have even witnessed the grisly moment told of in tall tales, which gave Hangman's Gulch its name, but sadly, the tree recently died and had to be cut down for the safety of trail users.
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China has two films in the main competition, the 2025 $215m box office hit Nobody by Shui Yu, and Tana, a contemporary tale about a young woman who leaves Shanghai to support her ailing father in Inner Mongolia.
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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.
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Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.
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Cosm has really cut its teeth on a lot of live sports and concert films, with the dome shape and stadium seating designed to give the illusion of being on the field or in the front row.
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Unfortunately, says Bradley Elliott, a researcher at the University of Westminster and trustee for the British Society for Research on Ageing, this is an illusion.
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“Untruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untruth. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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