falseness

noun

Definition of falsenessnext
1
as in infidelity
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife so that their love would never know a moment of falseness, Thomas Jefferson promised his dying wife that he would never remarry

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2
as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another she could not believe that her so-called best friend could ever be guilty of such falseness

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3
as in deception
the quality or state of being false the falseness of your reasoning is so blatant that it's no wonder you reached that absurd conclusion

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  1. infidelity
  2. betrayal
  3. deception
  4. adultery
  5. treachery
  6. perfidy
  7. treason
  8. fallacy
Noun
  • Again, one needn’t endorse Trump’s infidelity or lies to observe that the spectacle disserves the country.
    The Editors, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee failed to land a decisive blow against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, after several hours of tense questioning about his qualifications, views on women in combat, infidelity and drinking.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of infidelity
Noun
  • Current employees may experience the change as betrayal, leading to serious motivation, productivity and retention issues.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Along with the glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than the road from the Marina Grande to the Capri town square.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of betrayal
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  • Langenberg’s sharp slider and 92-94 mph fastball lead a five-pitch mix, and his low arm slot adds some deception.
    Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This democratization of deception tools means threats can come from anywhere—disgruntled employees, competitors or opportunistic individuals—not just sophisticated state actors or cybercrime rings.
    Joseph Ours, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of deception
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  • The article included other remarks related to Carter’s faith − such as the importance of the separation of church and state, a conviction born of Carter’s Southern Baptist upbringing − but the adultery comment opened a rift with Carter’s kin in Christ.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Here’s what to know about the legal proceedings of adultery in Texas.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Welcome back for another season full of [Alan Cumming voice] deception, backstabbing and treachery!
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Yet Milady and her treachery have for nearly 200 years always stood out.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
Definition of treachery
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  • Those intrepid few who still clung to the belief that American perfidy shielded Duke’s players from true justice just had the rug pulled out from under them by Mangum herself.
    The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Putin inundates Ukraine’s airwaves with propaganda about the West’s perfidy, the West’s agonizingly slow and insufficient support of Ukraine, the West’s seeming willingness to bleed Ukraine as a proxy, Zelensky’s anti-democratic centralization of power, and the like.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of perfidy
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  • He is also being investigated by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for treason.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • South Korean presidents do not enjoy immunity from insurrection or treason charges.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of treason
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  • The Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has had much to say about Whorfian fallacies.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Susan Faludi’s 1991 book, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against America’s Women, was premised on the fallacy, expressed repeatedly in the American media of the time, that feminism’s fights had by that point been, essentially, won.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of fallacy
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