Falsehood
['fɔːlshʊd;'fɒls-] or ['fɔlshʊd]
Definition
(n.) Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
(n.) A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
(n.) Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
(n.) A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
Editor: Warren
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Falsity, want of truth, inconformity to fact or truth.[2]. Untruth, lie, fib, fabrication, fiction, false assertion.[3]. Imposture, counterfeit, cheat.
Checked by Leon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Untruth, error, fallacy, sophistry, deception, forgery, lie, cheat
ANT:Truth, correctness, verity, fact, authenticity, genuineness, honesty, honor,reality
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. Plato. The Republic.
- If you ever say less than this, you will be guilty of deliberate falsehood to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You're a falsehood, Mr. Giles,' said Brittles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Now act as you please: write and contradict my assertion--expose my falsehood as soon as you like. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- How dare you tell me a falsehood? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This sounded so like a falsehood, that the old gentleman looked somewhat sternly in Oliver's face. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Falsehood and artifice are in themselves so hateful, that, though I still thought I did right, a feeling of shame and guilt came painfully upon me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But I happen to know the story to which you allude; and I also know that a viler falsehood than that story never was told. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Neither shall they be told of such things as thieves or murderers; much less shall they hear anything about falsehood and deceit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Only once she cried aloud, at the stinging thought of the faithlessness which gave birth to that abasing falsehood. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The tainting blood of falsehood runs through us all. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But, after having let herself be surprised in a falsehood, it was doubly stupid to snub the witness of her discomfiture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Is there a motive of shame at the bottom of all the falsehood, this time? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there. Plato. The Republic.
- After the tissue of social falsehoods in which she had so long moved it was refreshing to step into the open daylight of an avowed expediency. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She never came into a family but she strove to bring misery with her and to weaken the most sacred affections with her wicked flattery and falsehoods. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- With vicious relish he brought up the most spicy current continental historical falsehoods--than which nothing can be conceived more offensive. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I then told Meyler by what falsehoods Mildmay had induced me to accept his protection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Rae