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1
a false idea or belief
- their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited
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2
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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- fable,
- fabrication,
- fairy tale,
- falsehood,
- falsity,
- fib,
- lie,
- mendacity,
- prevarication,
- story,
- tale,
- taradiddle
- (or tarradiddle),
- whopper
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3
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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“Untruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untruth. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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