falsehood

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++false·hood /ˈfɔːlshʊd $ ˈfɒːls-/ noun formal  1  [countable]LIE/TELL A LIE a statement that is untrue 虚假的话，谎言 SYN lie Saunders is deliberately telling a falsehood. 桑德斯在故意说假话。2  LIE/TELL A LIE[uncountable] the practice of telling lies 说谎 SYN lying No one had accused me of falsehood before. 以前从没有人指责过我说谎。3  [uncountable] the state of not being true 虚假 OPP truth Most people believe in right and wrong, truth and falsehood. 大多数人相信有是非曲直。

Examples from the Corpus

falsehood• Why Campbell had chosen to spread such a falsehood is a mystery.• Yet again, it was a falsehood which she would need to explain and correct.• Others again have taken as the play's essence the need to reconcile not truth and falsehood but competing truths.• They have a duty to set the record straight, otherwise they are conniving at falsehood.• The action of malicious or injurious falsehood has both similarities to, and important differences from, an action for libel.• And some high priests have told falsehoods.

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falsehood
false‧hood /ˈfɔːlshʊd $ ˈfɒːls-/ noun formal
1. [countable] a statement that is untrue
   SYN  lie:
    Saunders is deliberately telling a falsehood.
2. [uncountable] the practice of telling lies
   SYN  lying:
    No one had accused me of falsehood before.
3. [uncountable] the state of not being true
   OPP  truth:
    Most people believe in right and wrong, truth and falsehood.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ lie noun [countable] something you say or write that you know is untrue: Would you tell lies to protect a friend? | The allegation is a complete lie.
   ▪ white lie noun [countable] informal a lie that you tell to avoid upsetting someone: We all tell white lies sometimes.
   ▪ fib noun [countable] informal a lie, especially about something that is not very important – used especially by children: Have you been telling fibs?
   ▪ porky noun [countable usually plural] British English informal a lie – a very informal use: He’s been telling porkies again.
   ▪ falsehood noun [countable] formal a statement that is not true, especially one that is intended to give people the wrong idea about someone or something: He described the allegations as malicious falsehoods.
   ▪ untruth noun [countable] formal a lie – used especially when you want to avoid saying the word lie: Some workers go off and tell untruths about the organisations for which they are working.
   ▪ fabrication noun [uncountable and countable] formal a story or claim that someone has invented in order to deceive someone, or the act of doing this: The claim was described as a fabrication by the police prosecutor. | He dismissed the charges as pure fabrication.
   ▪ libel noun [uncountable] law the crime of writing lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, especially in a newspaper or magazine: She sued the newspaper for libel. | libel laws
   ▪ slander noun [uncountable and countable] law the crime of speaking lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, or an untrue statement which does this: He’s threatening to sue them for slander. | a slander on the good name of the company | Linking his name to terrorism was a slander.

false·hoodBrE /ˈfɔːlshʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɔːlshʊd/ 🔊 noun (formal) [uncountable] the state of not being true; the act of telling a lie 虚假；说谎◆to test the truth or falsehood of her claims检验她陈述的真伪 [countable] a statement that is not true 不实之词；谎言 SYN lie2