falsity
pronunciation
How to pronounce falsity in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:lsəti]
How to pronounce falsity in American English:
US [ˈfɔlsɪti]
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- Noun:
- the state of being false or untrue
- a false statement
Word Origin
- falsity (n.)
- c. 1300, "deceitfulness, treachery, dishonesty," from Old French fauseté "falsehood" (12c., Modern French fausseté), from Late Latin falsitatem (nominative falsitas), from Latin falsus "erroneous, mistaken" (see false). From late 14c. as "untrue statement or doctrine;" from 1570s as "character of being not true."
Example
- 1. All you get from those sources is falsity and treachery .
- 2. Legal application of one falsity ten fined .
- 3. He recognized the falsity of his own opinions .
- 4. According to descartes , god could at will alter the truth or falsity of ethical propositions or mathematical theorems , but not nature .
- 5. Magnifying oneself in a way of falsity or easy to be misapprehended by others , or of impairing the reputation of other person engaging in the same business .