Falsehood
noun
Something that is not true.
She was caught spreading falsehoods about her colleague.
noun
The act of lying or being dishonest.
He was charged with falsehood under oath.
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Formal, Disapproving
Legal
noun
The state of being false or untrue.
The falsehood of his statement was blatantly evident.
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Disapproving
Academic
noun
A misleading or false belief.
Society is fraught with falsehoods regarding beauty standards.
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Disapproving
noun
Something that is not true.
She was caught spreading falsehoods about her colleague.
noun
The act of lying or being dishonest.
He was charged with falsehood under oath.
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
noun
The state of being false or untrue.
The falsehood of his statement was blatantly evident.
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Disapproving
Academic
noun
A misleading or false belief.
Society is fraught with falsehoods regarding beauty standards.
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Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Spreading Falsehoods
Often used to describe deliberate lies one person tells about another.
The politician resigned after spreading falsehoods about his rival.
Pro Tip 2/2Implying Harm
Falsehoods may imply harm or negative consequences toward others.
His falsehoods about the event jeopardized her career.
Pro Tip 1/2Spreading Falsehoods
Often used to describe deliberate lies one person tells about another.
The politician resigned after spreading falsehoods about his rival.
Pro Tip 2/2Implying Harm
Falsehoods may imply harm or negative consequences toward others.
His falsehoods about the event jeopardized her career.
Pro Tip 1/2Spreading Falsehoods
Often used to describe deliberate lies one person tells about another.
The politician resigned after spreading falsehoods about his rival.
Pro Tip 2/2Implying Harm
Falsehoods may imply harm or negative consequences toward others.
His falsehoods about the event jeopardized her career.
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How to choose your news...
their anonymity making them unaccountable for the information they provide. Finally, and most importantly, try to verify news before spreading it. While social media has enabled the truth to reach us faster, it's also allowed rumors to spread before they can be verified and falsehoods to survive
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Carne Ross: An...
and that presented me with a crisis. What was I going to do? This testimony was deeply critical of my colleagues, of my ministers, who had, in my view had perpetrated a war on a falsehood. And so I was in crisis. And this wasn't a pretty thing. I moaned about it, I hesitated,
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Nationalism vs....
only to whether it connected to clicks and attention, and that that was arguably toxic. That's a reasonable concern, isn't it? Yeah, it is. I mean, the technology changes, and it's now easier to disseminate both truth and fiction and falsehood.
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How deepfakes undermine...
We've seen falsehoods spread on WhatsApp and other online message services lead to violence against ethnic minorities. And that was just text -- imagine if it were video. Now, deepfakes have the potential to corrode the trust that we have
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Photographing the Ebola...
to really understand the emotional component of that as well. The fear that anything could infect you is there. And it's not rational. And I know that. It helped me to understand how these falsehoods could lead to really real violence.
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David Deutsch: A new way...
they believed that everything important, knowable, was already known, enshrined in ancient writings, institutions and in some genuinely useful rules of thumb -- which were, however, entrenched as dogmas, along with many falsehoods.
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
My world is going to be one where truth is strengthened and falsehood is recognized and marginalized." And when you do that, the ground around you starts to shift just a little bit. And that's the truth. Thank you.
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How we can turn the tide...
Inequality between the scientists, who painstakingly search for the truth, and the professional deceivers, who spread falsehoods at the click of a button. Climate change is about making a choice.
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Can we solve global...
don't strongly trust me for information on the causes of climate change. Now, I promise to tell the truth tonight, but just to humor that demographic, I've started this talk with a falsehood.
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How (and why) Russia...
It's the ability to think call out falsehood, press for the facts. And above all, you must have the courage to unflinchingly pursue the truth.
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How to choose your news...
their anonymity making them unaccountable for the information they provide. Finally, and most importantly, try to verify news before spreading it. While social media has enabled the truth to reach us faster, it's also allowed rumors to spread before they can be verified and falsehoods to survive
Video examples
Carne Ross: An...
and that presented me with a crisis. What was I going to do? This testimony was deeply critical of my colleagues, of my ministers, who had, in my view had perpetrated a war on a falsehood. And so I was in crisis. And this wasn't a pretty thing. I moaned about it, I hesitated,
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
only to whether it connected to clicks and attention, and that that was arguably toxic. That's a reasonable concern, isn't it? Yeah, it is. I mean, the technology changes, and it's now easier to disseminate both truth and fiction and falsehood.
Video examples
How deepfakes undermine...
We've seen falsehoods spread on WhatsApp and other online message services lead to violence against ethnic minorities. And that was just text -- imagine if it were video. Now, deepfakes have the potential to corrode the trust that we have
Video examples
Photographing the Ebola...
to really understand the emotional component of that as well. The fear that anything could infect you is there. And it's not rational. And I know that. It helped me to understand how these falsehoods could lead to really real violence.
Video examples
David Deutsch: A new way...
they believed that everything important, knowable, was already known, enshrined in ancient writings, institutions and in some genuinely useful rules of thumb -- which were, however, entrenched as dogmas, along with many falsehoods.
Video examples
How to spot a liar PIPE...
My world is going to be one where truth is strengthened and falsehood is recognized and marginalized." And when you do that, the ground around you starts to shift just a little bit. And that's the truth. Thank you.
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
Inequality between the scientists, who painstakingly search for the truth, and the professional deceivers, who spread falsehoods at the click of a button. Climate change is about making a choice.
Video examples
Can we solve global...
don't strongly trust me for information on the causes of climate change. Now, I promise to tell the truth tonight, but just to humor that demographic, I've started this talk with a falsehood.
Video examples
How (and why) Russia...
It's the ability to think call out falsehood, press for the facts. And above all, you must have the courage to unflinchingly pursue the truth.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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William James
American Philosopher
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
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George Eliot
British Author
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
Quote examples
James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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William James
American Philosopher
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
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George Eliot
British Author
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
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