falsehood
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a false statement
Types & categories
- statement hypernym
- dodging hyponym
- prevarication hyponym
- fabrication hyponym
- deception hyponym
- contradiction in terms hyponym
Related & opposite
- true statement antonym
- falsify derivation
- warp derivation
- false derivation
- false derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
Types & categories
- knavery hypernym
- frame-up hyponym
- sophistication hyponym
- forgery hyponym
Related & opposite
- fudge derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | true statement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | false |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | false |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | statement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dodging |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prevarication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fabrication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contradiction in terms |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | knavery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | frame-up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophistication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forgery |