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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age
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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another
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as in adultery
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife
the falsity of Guinevere usually figures prominently in medieval and modern tellings of the legend of King Arthur
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as in treachery
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
despite being offered a fortune to spill the president's secrets, the trusted aide declared that he'd sooner die than be guilty of such falsity
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the falsity of Columbus's estimate of the earth's circumference was pretty much demonstrated when he made a head-on collision with the western hemisphere
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Recent Examples of falsity
Moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash did not correct falsities live on air.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 21 Sep. 2024
In order to clear his name and obtain a public determination of the falsity of Variety’s allegations, Coppola has brought this case.
—Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
The judge repeatedly rejected the defense team's attempt to highlight falsities related to Dominion Voting Systems machines, though Peters' attorney suggested without evidence that the CIA was involved in the case against his client.
—John Frank, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
The authors argue that leaders need to understand two core problems of LLMs before adopting them company-wide: 1) their persistent ability to produce convincing falsities and 2) the likely long-term negative effects of using LLMs on employees and internal processes.
—Ben Waber
nathanael J. Fast, Harvard Business Review, 8 Jan. 2024
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 21 Sep. 2024
In order to clear his name and obtain a public determination of the falsity of Variety’s allegations, Coppola has brought this case.
—Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
The judge repeatedly rejected the defense team's attempt to highlight falsities related to Dominion Voting Systems machines, though Peters' attorney suggested without evidence that the CIA was involved in the case against his client.
—John Frank, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
The authors argue that leaders need to understand two core problems of LLMs before adopting them company-wide: 1) their persistent ability to produce convincing falsities and 2) the likely long-term negative effects of using LLMs on employees and internal processes.
—Ben Waber
nathanael J. Fast, Harvard Business Review, 8 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsity
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Her daughter isn’t quite willing to let such delusions stand.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Oh, that delusion also spreads to her Cinco de Mayo party.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Blocks of alabaster, limestone, granite and marble lie about in the brown grass.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2024
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The site was for sale after Jones lost a $1.4 billion defamation suit against the families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre — which Jones continually spread lies about — forcing him into bankruptcy.Justin Curto, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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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
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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
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The wholesale engulfing of the myth of white superiority is what makes that kind of violence.Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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And once again, our two heroes — recast as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at wind turbines — struggle to reconcile the myths that men write for themselves with the realities that life is actually willing to offer them.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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In my book, the catalogue of tales that spring from Thanksgiving easily rival those of Christmas.Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo (Random House: $33) A collection of offbeat tales from American history. … Paperback fiction 1.The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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The infidelity story has been extremely well told before.Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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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
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“Falsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsity. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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