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Pronunciation:
[ fˈɒlsnəs], [ fˈɒlsnəs], [ f_ˈɒ_l_s_n_ə_s]
Falseness is when something or someone is not genuine or true. There are several synonyms for it that can be used depending on the context. For instance, insincerity, deceitfulness, hypocrisy, counterfeit, and pretentiousness are some of the words that can be used in place of falseness. Insincerity means a lack of authenticity or honesty in one's actions and words. Deceitfulness refers to intentionally misleading people or being dishonest. Hypocrisy is when someone pretends to have beliefs, feelings, or virtues they do not actually possess. Counterfeit implies something that is fake or fraudulent. Pretentiousness indicates someone who tries to appear more important or impressive than they are in reality.
Related words: false, falseness, falsehood, false reality, false statements
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Similar words for falseness:
- betrayal (noun)
- desertion (noun)
- disloyalty (noun)
- erroneousness (noun)
- faithlessness (noun)
- false impression (noun)
- false-heartedness (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- falseness (noun)
- infidelity (noun)
- inveracity (noun)
- lie (noun)
- pretension (noun)
- treachery (noun)
- untruth (noun)
Synonyms for Falseness:
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n.
• betrayal • desertion- Absconding ,
- Disavowing ,
- Marooning ,
- abrogation ,
- avoidance ,
- backsliding ,
- defecting ,
- departing ,
- departure ,
- derelict ,
- divorce ,
- escape ,
- flight ,
- forsaking ,
- going back on ,
- leaving ,
- rejection ,
- relinquishment ,
- renunciation ,
- repudiation ,
- resignation ,
- retirement ,
- retreat ,
- secession ,
- truancy ,
- withdrawal .
- Untruism ,
- canard ,
- cover up ,
- cover-up ,
- coverup ,
- equivocation ,
- fakery ,
- fallacy ,
- feigning ,
- fib ,
- fibbery ,
- fiction ,
- figment ,
- half truth ,
- half truths ,
- hogwash ,
- line ,
- mis-statement ,
- misstatement ,
- pretense ,
- prevarication ,
- story ,
- tale ,
- tall tale ,
- whopper ,
- yarn .
- Backbiting ,
- Calumniation ,
- Reviling ,
- aspersion ,
- calumny ,
- defamation ,
- detraction ,
- forgery ,
- hyperbole ,
- libel ,
- myth ,
- obloquy ,
- revilement ,
- slander ,
- vilification ,
- white lie .
- affectation ,
- air ,
- artificiality ,
- bluff ,
- charade ,
- claim ,
- counterfeit ,
- cover ,
- device ,
- disguise ,
- facade ,
- front ,
- gimmick ,
- guise ,
- imitation ,
- impersonation ,
- imposture ,
- mannerism ,
- masquerade ,
- ostentation ,
- pose ,
- pretension ,
- show ,
- stage .
Other synonyms:
- infidelity ,
- treachery .
- error .
Other relevant words:
- Barratry ,
- Bluffing ,
- Charlatanry ,
- Conning ,
- Covin ,
- Deceiving ,
- Defrauding ,
- Double dealing ,
- Doubleness ,
- Fooling ,
- Illusiveness ,
- Improbity ,
- Inveracity ,
- Kidding ,
- MALA FIDES ,
- Misdoing ,
- Misjudgment ,
- Peccancy ,
- Phantasm ,
- Pharisaicalness ,
- Pharisaism ,
- Phariseeism ,
- Recreancy ,
- Religionism ,
- Self-contradiction ,
- Self-righteousness ,
- Subreption ,
- Swindling ,
- Tricking ,
- Unfaith ,
- Unsteadfastness ,
- aberrancy ,
- aberration ,
- abnormality ,
- airiness ,
- ambidexterity ,
- apostasy ,
- appearance ,
- artfulness ,
- artifice ,
- backstabbing ,
- bad faith ,
- bamboozlement ,
- befooling ,
- betrayal ,
- breach of faith ,
- breach of promise ,
- breach of trust ,
- business ,
- calculated deception ,
- cant ,
- casuistry ,
- changefulness ,
- charlatanism ,
- chicanery ,
- circumvention ,
- continue ,
- correct ,
- craft ,
- cunning ,
- deceitfulness ,
- deception ,
- deceptiveness ,
- defection ,
- defectiveness ,
- delusion ,
- delusiveness ,
- dereliction ,
- deserted ,
- desertion ,
- deviancy ,
- disaffection ,
- dishonesty ,
- disingenuousness ,
- dissimulation ,
- distortion ,
- double cross ,
- dupery ,
- duplicity ,
- enmeshment ,
- ensnarement ,
- entanglement ,
- entrapment ,
- errancy ,
- fable ,
- fabrication ,
- faithlessness ,
- fallaciousness ,
- false ,
- false appearance ,
- false impression ,
- false light ,
- false piety ,
- false show ,
- false statement ,
- false swearing ,
- falseheartedness ,
- falsification ,
- falsity ,
- fault ,
- faultiness ,
- fickleness ,
- flaw ,
- flimflam ,
- flimflammery ,
- fond illusion ,
- fraudulence ,
- furtiveness ,
- futility ,
- guile ,
- hallucination ,
- hamartia ,
- heresy ,
- heterodoxy ,
- hollowness ,
- hoodwinking ,
- hypocrisy ,
- idealization ,
- illegitimacy ,
- illusion ,
- illusionism ,
- illusionist ,
- immateriality ,
- imposition ,
- impreciseness ,
- imprecision ,
- improperness ,
- impropriety ,
- inaccuracy ,
- inaccurateness ,
- inconstancy ,
- incorrectness ,
- indirection ,
- inexactitude ,
- inexactness ,
- insidiousness ,
- insincerity ,
- invention ,
- irreality ,
- irregularity ,
- lying ,
- magic ,
- magician ,
- mendaciousness ,
- mendacity ,
- mirage ,
- misapplication ,
- misconstruction ,
- misfeasance ,
- misinterpretation ,
- misrepresentation ,
- mummery ,
- oiliness ,
- outwitting ,
- overreaching ,
- perjury ,
- perversion ,
- pietism ,
- piety ,
- piousness ,
- prestidigitation ,
- quackery ,
- religiosity ,
- sanctimoniousness ,
- sanctimony ,
- seeming ,
- self-deception ,
- sellout ,
- semblance ,
- shadiness ,
- sham ,
- shiftiness ,
- simulacrum ,
- sin ,
- sinfulness ,
- sleight of hand ,
- sneak attack ,
- sneakiness ,
- snivel ,
- snow job ,
- snuffle ,
- song and dance ,
- sorcerer ,
- sorcery ,
- speciousness ,
- spoofing ,
- spuriousness ,
- subterfuge ,
- surreptitiousness ,
- tartuffery ,
- tergiversation ,
- treason ,
- trickiness ,
- true ,
- trust ,
- truthlessness ,
- two-facedness ,
- two-timing ,
- unction ,
- unctuousness ,
- underhandedness ,
- unfairness ,
- unorthodoxy ,
- unreality ,
- unsubstantiality ,
- untrueness ,
- untruthfulness ,
- victimization ,
- vision ,
- wariness ,
- wile ,
- wishful thinking ,
- wrong ,
- wrongness .
- betrayal of trust ,
- breaking of faith ,
- bunco ,
- castoff ,
- castoffs ,
- dirty dealing ,
- dirty trick ,
- disavowal ,
- disavowals ,
- disinformation ,
- double-dealing ,
- doublecross ,
- elusion ,
- elusions ,
- evasion ,
- falling away ,
- falsehood ,
- falseness ,
- falsifications ,
- fast shuffle ,
- giveaway ,
- giveaways ,
- inconstancies ,
- let-down ,
- let-downs ,
- running out on ,
- seditiousness ,
- skin game ,
- stab in back ,
- subversive activities ,
- subversive activity ,
- tall story .
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How to use "Falseness" in context?
Falsehood is the falseness of a statement or belief. In common usage, falsehood can refer to any incorrect information or statement, regardless of how unintentional. It can also refer to deceptive intentions or actions. A statement or belief is considered to be false if it is not true. A statement can be false in its literal meaning, in its interpretation, or in its conclusion.
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Noun, singular or mass
falsehood, misrepresentation, untruth.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Falseness:
- Felis Onca, flogging, fulsomeness, folk music, folksong, fleshiness, flashing, folk song, fall equinox, flakiness, flagging, foolishness, flashiness, flawlessness, fallaciousness.
Hyponym for Falseness:
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turned-up
- Synonyms:
- dumpy, retrousse, blocky, chubby, podgy, pudgy, pug, retrousse, snub-nosed, squatty.
