falsification
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Types & categories
- grounds hypernym
- reductio ad absurdum hyponym
- confutation hyponym
- counterexample hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a willful perversion of facts
Types & categories
- wrongful conduct hypernym
- twisting hyponym
- tergiversation hyponym
- lying hyponym
- dissimulation hyponym
Related & opposite
- interpolate derivation
- falsify derivation
- warp derivation
- fudge derivation
Sense 3 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
Sense 4 noun
the act of determining that something is false
Types & categories
- determination hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grounds |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reductio ad absurdum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confutation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterexample |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpolate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | warp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongful conduct |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | twisting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tergiversation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lying |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissimulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | knavery |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frame-up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophistication |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | forgery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | determination |