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
  • The infidelity story has been extremely well told before.
    Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • What was supposed to be a happy time, however, was marred with Baskett's infidelity scandal — which played out in front of cameras.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of infidelity
Noun
  • The film embraces heroism in the face of an oppressive regime, the strength of fraternal ties and the themes of love, betrayal, morality and hope.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Over time, this child grows up, learning that people can be unreliable, that things fall apart and that every bond carries the risk of betrayal.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of betrayal
Noun
  • But because pressured waterfowl aren’t easy to fool, hunters have been trying to perfect the art of decoy deception to swing the odds in their favor.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • On Thursday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for its series adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, all eight episodes premiering Nov. 21 on the streamer, bringing a familiar tale of deception to a new locale with all new characters.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of deception
Noun
  • The flick was a comedic noir that imagined a Hollywood where cartoons and humans live together, and the plot involved murder, adultery, blackmail and other adult topics.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • She’s getting beheaded for committing adultery with a distant cousin.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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  • Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.
    Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .
    Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
Definition of treachery
Noun
  • 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
  • On March 4, 1798, the first dispatches from France finally arrived and exposed the depths of French perfidy.
    Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made by History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of perfidy
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  • In June, Trump amplified a social media post calling for former Rep. Liz Cheney − the Republican co-chair of the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters − to be put on trial for treason by a military tribunal.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Trump in 2023 accused NBC of treason for reporting on his various legal troubles.
    April Rubin, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of treason
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  • Trust Yourself To Know When To Rest The concept of separating life and work for a true professional is a fallacy.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Human sociability, conformism, and the sunk cost fallacy—which leads people to double down on a failing course of action—all contribute to maintaining the status quo.
    Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of fallacy
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