falsification
pronunciation
How to pronounce falsification in British English:
UK [ˌfɔ:lsɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce falsification in American English:
US [ˌfɔlsəfəˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- a willful perversion of facts
- the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
- the act of determining that something is false
Word Origin
- falsification (n.)
- 1560s, from Late Latin falsificationem (nominative falsificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of falsificare "to falsify" (see falsify).
Example
- 1. How was it protected from falsification ?
- 2. Mr barnier called the falsification of such benchmark rates a " betrayal " with potentially " systemic consequences " .
- 3. Thus the three salient features of popper 's scheme are the symmetry between prediction and explanation , the asymmetry between verification and falsification and the central role of testing .
- 4. Russian officials frequently use the term " falsification of history " to attack perceived attempts to underplay the importance of the red army in the fight against nazi germany .
- 5. But he said any claims of falsification should be dealt with in the courts and linked protesters chanting for his resignation to unnamed forces that he said were funding separatist terrorist groups .