untruth
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·truth /ʌnˈtruːθ, ˈʌntruːθ/ noun [countable] formal a lie – used when you want to avoid saying the word ‘lie’ 谎言，假话〔委婉语〕Examples from the Corpus
untruth• The constant repetition of an untruth did not make anyone believe, but it could batter the brain into unthinking apathy.• Political discourse, in this view, is full of manipulation, deception, and untruths whose object is political advantage.• At this level, untruths that are not intended to deceive are not automatically judged to be lies.• Sherman lied about being a San Diego State football player and a dental student, among other untruths, Walsh said.• Moore's second untruth is that competition generates wealth for everybody.• The third untruth is that world prices are a valid criterion for deciding the direction that agricultural production should take.un·truth nounChineseSyllable
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untruth
un‧truth /ʌnˈtruːθ, ˈʌntruːθ/
noun [countable]
▪ 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.
un‧truth /ʌnˈtruːθ, ˈʌntruːθ/
noun [countable] Word Family: adverb: truly, truthfully ≠ untruthfully, true; noun: truth ≠ untruth, truthfulness; adjective: true ≠ untrue, truthful ≠ untruthful
formal a lie – used when you want to avoid saying the word ‘lie’| THESAURUS |
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