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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary false·hood DATE 13th century 1. an untrue statement : lie 2. absence of truth or accuracy 3. the practice of lying : mendacity Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 falsehood false·hood / 5fC:lshud / noun(formal) 1. [U] 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 2. [C] a statement that is not true 不实之词；谎言 SYN lie
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: FALLACY 1, erroneousness, error, fallaciousness, falseness, falsity, untruth 2 Synonyms: LIE , canard, falsity, fib, misrepresentation, prevarication, story, tale, untruism, untruth Related Words: fakery, feigning, pretense, sham; deceit, dissimulation, fraud Antonyms: truth 3 Synonyms: MENDACITY , fibbery, mendaciousness, truthlessness, untruthfulness, unveracityWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged false·hood \ˈfȯl(t)sˌhu̇d\ noun Etymology: Middle English falshede, falshod, from fals false + -hede, -hod -hood — more at false 1. a. : absence of truth or accuracy : falsity < the falsehood of this doctrine must be patent to any careful student > b. : an untrue assertion especially when intentional : lie < told two flat falsehoods about what had happened in secret session — Elmer Davis > c. : the practice of lying : mendacity < it is a trite … observation that courts are the seat of falsehoodand dissimulation — Earl of Chesterfield > 2. Scots law : the fraudulent imitation or suppression of truth by words, writing, or conduct to the damage of another |
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