falsehood :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (3)

falsehood, falsity, untruth

n. a false statement

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Fuzzynyms (17)

fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

n. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

fallacy, false belief

n. a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

error, erroneous belief

n. a misconception resulting from incorrect information

mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension

n. an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"

delusion, hallucination

n. a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"

misconception

n. an incorrect conception

flaw

n. an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

inconsistency

n. the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts

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Antonyms (4)

truth, true statement

n. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

honesty, honestness

n. the quality of being honest

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