falseness
pronunciation
How to pronounce falseness in British English:
UK [fɔ:lsnɪs]
How to pronounce falseness in American English:
US [fɔlsnɪs]
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- Noun:
- the state of being false or untrue
- unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
Word Origin
- falseness (n.)
- c. 1300, "deceitfulness, treachery, faithlessness, dishonesty," from false + -ness.
Example
- 1. Lately , I do think this is a bit of falseness that should leave my life .
- 2. To see the falseness of this brings about its own austerity .
- 3. He could have detected any falseness on her part .
- 4. Helen saw with rage and pain the edifice of her love destroyed by that man 's falseness .
- 5. To understand suffering requires seeing the falseness of all the escapes , whether god or drink .