"falsity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔːl.sɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɒl.sɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔl.sɪ.ti/ [General-American], /ˈfɑl.sɪ.ti/ [General-American], [ˈfɑl.sɪ.ɾi] [General-American], /ˈfɒl.sɪ.ti/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [ˈfɔɫ.sɪ.ɾi] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [ˈfɒʊ.sɪ.ɾi] [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: En-us-falsity.ogg [General-American] Forms: falsities [plural]
Etymology: Corresponding to false + -ity. From Middle French fausseté, Old French falseté, from Late Latin falsitas, from Latin falsus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|false|ity}} false + -ity, {{der|en|frm|fausseté}} Middle French fausseté, {{der|en|fro|falseté}} Old French falseté, {{der|en|LL.|falsitas}} Late Latin falsitas, {{der|en|la|falsus}} Latin falsus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} falsity (countable and uncountable, plural falsities)
  1. (countable) Something that is false; an untrue assertion. Tags: countable Synonyms (intentionally false statement): lie Translations (untrue assertion): лъжа (lǎža) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nepravda [feminine] (Czech), virhe (Finnish), harhaluulo (Finnish), fausseté [feminine] (French), Unwahrkeit [feminine] (German), Unrichtigkeit [feminine] (German), falsitate [feminine] (Romanian), neadevăr [neuter] (Romanian), falsedad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falsity-en-noun-c6IzHRmo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'intentionally false statement': 71 29 Disambiguation of 'untrue assertion': 69 31
  2. (uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue. Tags: uncountable Translations (characteristic of being untrue): невярност (nevjarnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), погрешност (pogrešnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nepravdivost [feminine] (Czech), epätotuus (Finnish), virheellisyys (Finnish), fausseté [feminine] (French), Unwahrkeit [feminine] (German), Unrichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Falschheit [feminine] (German), falsitās [feminine] (Latin), necinste [feminine] (Romanian), falsitate [feminine] (Romanian), falsedad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falsity-en-noun-QarQ8afZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'characteristic of being untrue': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fabrication, falsehood, falseness, fiction, untruth

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fausseté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unwahrkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unrichtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Falschheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falsitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "necinste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falsitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being untrue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falsedad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "falsity"
}

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