What does falsity mean?

Definitions for falsity
ˈfɔl sɪ tifal·si·ty

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word falsity.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. falsity, falsenessnoun

    the state of being false or untrue

    "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"

  2. falsehood, falsity, untruthnoun

    a false statement

Wiktionary

  1. falsitynoun

    Something that is false; an untrue assertion.

  2. falsitynoun

    The characteristic of being untrue.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Falsitynoun

    Etymology: falsitas, Latin.

    Neither are they able to break through those errours, wherein they are so determinately settled, that they pay unto falsity the whole sum of whatsoever love is owing unto God’s truth. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 49.

    Can you on him such falsities obtrude?
    And as a mortal the most wise delude? George Sandys, Paraphrase.

    Probability does not properly make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things; but only imports a different degree of their clearness or appearance to the understanding. Robert South, Sermons.

    That Danubius ariseth from the Pyrenean hills, that the earth is higher towards the North, are opinions truly charged on Aristotle by the restorer of Epicurus, and all easily confutable falsities. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 20.

ChatGPT

  1. falsity

    Falsity refers to the quality or state of being untrue, incorrect, or deceptive. It is essentially a false belief or statement; the opposite of truth. It can also refer to a lie or a false act intentionally committed to deceive someone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Falsityadjective

    the quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth

  2. Falsityadjective

    that which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion

Wikidata

  1. Falsity

    Falsity or falsehood is a perversion of truth originating in the deceitfulness of one party, and culminating in the damage of another party. Falsity is also a measure of the quality or extent of the falseness of something, while a falsehood may also mean simply an incorrect statement, independent of any intention to deceive. In the Frege-Church ontology, "truth" is the denotation of a true proposition, while "falsity" is the denotation of false propositions. In esthetics, falsity is ugly, and truth is beautiful. In existentialism, falsity is usually a thing to be avoided, and is not desired.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of falsity in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of falsity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of falsity in a Sentence

  1. Goa Kerle:

    Falsity feels great until you meet the truth.

  2. Goa Kerle:

    The people's inclination to falsity best defines the human problem.

  3. Goa Kerle:

    Both truth and falsity rule the world. Falsity by virtue of numbers and truth by virtue of control.

  4. Goa Kerle:

    Don't be a slave of falsity which isn't helping you while truth which can help you is ready to be your servant.

  5. Leo Tolstoy:

    I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conlusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleages, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

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Translations for falsity

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • лъжа, невярност, погрешностBulgarian
  • nepravdivost, nepravdaCzech
  • harhaluulo, virheellisyys, epätotuus, virheFinnish
  • falsitate, neadevăr, necinsteRomanian

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