Falseness
[fɔ:lsnis]
Definition
(n.) The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- After that proof of your horrible falseness and cunning, I tore up my letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In Beyond Good and Evil Nietzsche says flatly that the falseness of an opinion is not for us any objection to it: it is here, perhaps, that our new language sounds most strangely. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Isn't it hard that you should condemn me to suffer for the falseness, the treachery of others? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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