untrueness
State of falsehood
Untrueness is the quality of being untrue—falsehood or inaccuracy.
The word is rare, with untruth serving the same purpose more naturally: The untrueness of his claims became apparent.
It occasionally appears in philosophical or literary contexts where the abstract quality of being false needs emphasis.
Deliberate untrue statement
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- fallacyError in reasoning
error · misstatement · misinformation · incorrectness · erroneousness · inexactness · wrongness · speciousness
Deliberate falsehood
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fictionImagined narrative work
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- dishonestyDisposition toward falsehood
prevarication · perjury · mendacity · misrepresentation · forgery · hoax · invention · falsification
Breaking of trust
- faithlessnessDisloyalty or treachery
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
inconstancy · fickleness · falseness · double-dealing · backstabbing · two-facedness · breach · duplicity
Married person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
philandering · two-timing · cuckoldry · liaison · betrayal · indiscretion · dalliance · straying
falsehood
Deliberate untrue statement
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
fallacy · error · misstatement · misinformation · incorrectness · erroneousness · inexactness · wrongness · speciousness · unsoundness
lie
Deliberate falsehood
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fictionImagined narrative work
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
dishonesty · prevarication · perjury · mendacity · misrepresentation · forgery · hoax · invention · falsification · disinformation
betrayal
Breaking of trust
- faithlessnessDisloyalty or treachery
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
unfaithfulness · inconstancy · fickleness · falseness · double-dealing · backstabbing · two-facedness · breach · duplicity
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
extramarital · philandering · two-timing · cuckoldry · liaison · betrayal · indiscretion · dalliance · straying
untruenesstruth
Accordance with reality
trueness · truthfulness · veracity · accuracy · correctness
untruenessloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · fidelity · trueness · constancy · devotion
untruenessgenuineness
Quality of being real
authenticity · realness · legitimacy · validity · trueness
true, truth, untrue, truthful, truths, untruth, truthfulness, untruthful, truthfully