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   False·hood

   /ˈfôlsˌho͝od/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state of being untrue: "the truth or falsehood of the many legends that surround her"
   • ▪ a lie: "a downright falsehood" Similar liefibuntruthfalse statementfalsificationfabricationinventionpiece of fictionfictionstoryyarnmade-up storytrumped-up storyfake newscock and bull storyflight of fancyfigment of the imaginationbarefaced lie(little) white liehalf truthdeparture from the truthalternative factred herringinformal:tall storytall talefairy storyfairy talewhopperporkyporky piepork piehumorous:terminological inexactitudeOpposite truth
   • ▪ lying: "the right to sue for malicious falsehood" Similar lyingmendacityuntruthfulnessfibbingfabricationinventionperjuryperfidyperfidiousnesslack of veracitytelling storiesmisrepresentationprevaricationequivocationdeceitdeceptiondeceitfulnesspretenseartificefalsenesstwo-facednessdouble-dealingdouble-crossingdissimulationtreacheryinformal:codologykidologyOpposite truthfulnesshonesty

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