falsities
Claims without truth
Falsities are statements or beliefs that are untrue.
The word carries more weight than simple errors—falsities often imply deliberate deception or claims that contradict established fact: The report was riddled with falsities.
A falsity can also be the quality of being false: the falsity of his promises.
Deliberate untruths
- untruthsAssertions contrary to fact
- falsehoodsDeliberate untruths
- fabricationsInvented untrue statements
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
dishonesty · deceit · duplicity · dissembling · pretense · guile · subterfuge · artifice
Incorrect assumptions held true
- fallaciesInvalid logical arguments
- old wives' talesTraditional unfounded beliefs
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- urban legendsWidely circulated false stories
misinformation · fake news · conspiracy theories · pseudoscience · propaganda · folklore · fables · tall tales
Dishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
sham · hoax · phishing · grift · flimflam · quackery · charlatan · impostor
Printed defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- smearSpread or defame
- aspersionDefamatory remark
mudslinging · character assassination · perjury · rumormongering · vilification · traducement · gossip · innuendo
lies
Deliberate untruths
- untruthsAssertions contrary to fact
- falsehoodsDeliberate untruths
- fabricationsInvented untrue statements
misrepresentation · dishonesty · deceit · duplicity · dissembling · pretense · guile · subterfuge · artifice · chicanery
misconceptions
Incorrect assumptions held true
- fallaciesInvalid logical arguments
- old wives' talesTraditional unfounded beliefs
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
urban legends · misinformation · fake news · conspiracy theories · pseudoscience · propaganda · folklore · fables · tall tales · canards
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
counterfeit · sham · hoax · phishing · grift · flimflam · quackery · charlatan · impostor · fakery
libel
Printed defamation
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- smearSpread or defame
aspersion · mudslinging · character assassination · perjury · rumormongering · vilification · traducement · gossip · innuendo
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- deceptionslie, lies, lying, deceit, decoy
falsitiestruths
Accurate statements about reality
facts · verities · realities · certainties · accuracies
falsitiesgenuineness
Quality of being real
the real thing · authenticities · authenticity · sincerity · honesty
false, falsehood, falsely, falsify, falsity, falseness, falsetto, falsification, falsifying