falsification

noun

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any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

a willful perversion of facts

the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

the act of determining that something is false

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