"falsism" meaning in All languages combined

See falsism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: falsisms [plural]
Etymology: From false + -ism, modelled after truism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|false|ism}} false + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun}} falsism (plural falsisms)
  1. A claim that is self-evidently false, commonly used a rhetorical device. Categories (topical): Rhetoric Related terms: fallacy

Inflected forms

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