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English noun: falsification | |||
| 1. | falsification (cognition) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | ||
| Synonyms | disproof, refutation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evidence, grounds | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | confutation, counterexample, reductio, reductio ad absurdum | ||
| 2. | falsification (act) a willful perversion of facts | ||
| Synonyms | misrepresentation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, distortion, equivocation, fabrication, lying, overrefinement, prevarication, straining, tergiversation, torture, twisting | ||
| 3. | falsification (act) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||
| Synonyms | falsehood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dishonesty, knavery | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | forgery, frame-up, setup, sophistication | ||
| 4. | falsification (act) the act of determining that something is false | ||
| Synonyms | disproof, falsifying, refutal, refutation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | determination, finding | ||
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