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falsity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fal·si·ty /ˈfɔːlsəti $ ˈfɒːl-/ noun [uncountable] formal  FALSEthe quality of being false or not true 虚假,不(真)实 OPP truth
Examples from the Corpus
falsityDoes this mean that the semantics of natural language can not deal with truth and falsity?Imagination, according to Feuerbach, is both the engine of religion and the ground of its falsity.Desire to make, he wrote, but physical revulsion at the falsity of all making.The majority of her work is self portraiture; her aesthetic concerns grew from her fascination with the falsity of appearance.The falsity of universal statements can be deduced from suitable singular statements.
fal·si·ty nounChineseSyllable
false Corpus or of quality the not being true


falsity
falsity /ˈfɔːlsəti, ˈfɔːlsɪti $ ˈfɒːl-/ noun [uncountable] formal
the quality of being false or not true
   OPP  truth


fal·sityBrE /ˈfɔːlsəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɔːlsəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the state of not being true or genuine 虚假;不真实;错误 OPP truth