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   Un·truth

   /ˌənˈtro͞oTH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a lie or false statement (often used euphemistically): "they go off and tell untruths about organizations for which they worked" Similar liefalsehoodfibfabricationdeceptionmade-up storytrumped-up storyfake newsinventionfictionpiece of fictionfalsificationfalsitycock and bull storybarefaced lie(little) white liehalf-truthexaggerationprevaricationdeparture from the truthalternative factyarnstoryred herringrumorfablemythflight of fancyfigment of the imaginationpretensepretextshamrusewilestratagemmisinformationdisinformationtrickeryperjurydissimulationgossippropagandainformal:tall storytall talefairy storyfairy talewhopperporkypork pieporky piehumorous:terminological inexactitudeeconomy with the truthvulgar slang:bullshitbulldustfalsityfalsehoodfalsenessuntruthfulnessfallaciousnessfictionfictitiousnessinaccuracyhollownessmendacityfabricationdishonestydeceitdeceitfulnessdeceptionduplicitydisingenuousnesshypocrisyfraudfraudulenceinformal:kidologyrare:unveracity
   • ▪ the quality of being false: "the story was full of misleading innuendo and untruth"

   Word Origin Old Englishuntrēowth ‘unfaithfulness’ (see un-1, truth).

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   • Definition of untruth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable] (formal) a lie. People often say ‘untruth’ to avoid saying ‘lie’. Her account of what had happened was a patent untruth. [uncountable] the state of being false Definition of untruth noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   • Define untrue. untrue synonyms, untrue pronunciation, untrue translation, English dictionary definition of untrue. adj. un·tru·er , un·tru·est 1. Contrary to fact; false. 2. Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact. 3. Disloyal; unfaithful....

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   • An untruth is a lie. [formal] [...] • lie, fabrication, falsehood, fib [...] • lying, perjury, duplicity, falsity [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. Read more Frankie had given it to him straight, Frankie hadn't told him an untruth.

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   • An untruth is a lie. Wall Street has been aware of the Internet's power in spreading malicious untruths. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Obsolete Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. 1. 2. 3.

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   untruth in American English. (ʌnˈtruːθ) noun Word forms: plural -truths (-ˈtruːðz, -ˈtruːθs) 1. the state or character of being untrue. 2. want of veracity; divergence from truth. 3. something untrue; a falsehood or lie.

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   Related to UNTRUTH Synonyms delusion , error , falsehood , falsity , hallucination , illusion , misbelief , misconception , myth , old wives' tale , fallacy