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"ref": "1976, Willard Van Orman Quine, The Ways of Paradox, and other essays, page 89",
"text": "Every such idiom is what is known as a truth function, and is characterized by the fact that the truth or falsehood of the complex statement which it generates is uniquely determined by the truth or falsehood of the several statements which it combines.",
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"sense": "state of being false",
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"tags": [
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"text": "Don't tell falsehoods."
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"(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie."
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"tags": [
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"sense": "false statement",
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"ref": "1817, Robert Stevenson, Scripture Portraits, volume 1, page 155",
"text": "THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN INFLICTED ON GEHAZI, FOR HIS FALSEHOOD AND COVETOUSNESS.",
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{
"ref": "1963, M. Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, page 7",
"text": "O mortal, eschew falsehood and flattery. Death flayeth and killeth the false one: The apostate suffereth for his falsehood and pride; he is tormented in both worlds. Renounce slander and envy of others.",
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"ref": "1984, Witness Lee, Life-Study: Revelation: Volume Three: Messages 34-50, Living Stream Ministry, published 1999, page 511",
"text": "The false prophet looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. This indicates his falsehood. […] He will pretend to be the same as Christ.",
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"ref": "2006 October 7, Jacki Lyden, “Italian Pop Star Takes on U.S. Music Market”, in NPR All Things Considered",
"text": "Lyden: That was wonderful. Could I read just what is the refrain here in English? Ms-Consoli: Yeah. Lyden: Look into my eyes. Take off all falsehood. The aura of pureness reveals fiendish anomalies. And you know what I mean",
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"Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful."
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"(archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful."
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"sense": "trait of a person",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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