noun
1. the state of being false or untrue
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argument could not determine its truth or falsity
• Syn: ↑falsity
• Hyponyms: ↑spuriousness
2. unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
• Syn: ↑faithlessness, ↑fickleness, ↑inconstancy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inconstant (for: ↑inconstancy), ↑fickle (for: ↑fickleness), ↑false, ↑faithless (for: ↑faithlessness)
• Hypernyms: ↑infidelity, ↑unfaithfulness
3. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
• Syn: ↑insincerity, ↑hollowness
• Ant: ↑sincerity (for: ↑insincerity)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑hollow (for: ↑hollowness), ↑insincere (for: ↑hollowness), ↑false, ↑insincere (for: ↑insincerity)
• Hypernyms: ↑untruthfulness
• Hyponyms: ↑hypocrisy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.