Examples of falsity in a Sentence
a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age
when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another
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The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The falsity of her philanthropy, backstory and cancer diagnosis came to light in 2015.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
That order sparked an outcry from scientists who pointed out scientific falsities in that definition.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
The falsity of her philanthropy, backstory and cancer diagnosis came to light in 2015.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
That order sparked an outcry from scientists who pointed out scientific falsities in that definition.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Falsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/falsity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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falsity
noun
fal·si·ty
ˈfȯl-sət-ē 
plural falsities
1
: something false : lie
2
: the quality or state of being false
Legal Definition
falsity
noun
fal·si·ty
ˈfȯl-sə-tē
plural falsities
1
: something false
2
: the quality or state of being false
did not establish the falsity of the statement
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