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Webster 1913 Edition
Falseness
False′ness
,Noun.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Falseness
FALSENESS
,Noun.
1.
Want of integrity and veracity, either in principle or in act; as the falseness of a man's heart, or his falseness to his word.2.
Duplicity; deceit; double-dealing.3.
Unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; traitorousness.The prince is in no danger of being betrayed by the falseness, or cheated by the avarice of such a servant.
Definition 2024
falseness
falseness
English
Noun
falseness (countable and uncountable, plural falsenesses)
- The characteristic of being false.
- All falseness collapses under the weight of denied truth. ― Justin Deschamps
Synonyms
Usage notes
- Instances may be quoted in abundance from old authors to show that falseness, falsehood and falsity are often strictly synonymous; but the modern tendency has been decidedly in favor of separating them, falsehood standing for the concrete thing, an intentional lie; falseness, for the quality of being guiltily false or treacherous: as, he is justly despised for his falseness to his oath; and falsity, for the quality of being false without blame: as, the falsity of reasoning. — The Century Dictionary, 1911.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:falsehood
Translations
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