English noun: falsehood |
1. | falsehood (communication) a false statement |
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| Synonyms | falsity, untruth |
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| Broader (hypernym) | statement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | contradiction, contradiction in terms, deceit, deception, dodge, dodging, fable, fabrication, fiction, lie, misrepresentation, prevarication, scheme |
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| Antonyms | true statement, truth |
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2. | falsehood (act) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting |
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| Synonyms | falsification |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dishonesty, knavery |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | forgery, frame-up, setup, sophistication |
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