Falsification
noun
The act of changing important details or information with the intention to deceive or trick.
His application was rejected due to the falsification of his credentials.
Often appears as...
- falsification of documents
- falsification of evidence
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Formal
noun
The process of proving a theory or belief to be wrong.
Falsification is a key element in the philosophy of science.
Often appears as...
- process of falsification
- methodological falsification
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Formal
Academic
noun
The act of changing important details or information with the intention to deceive or trick.
His application was rejected due to the falsification of his credentials.
Often appears as...
- falsification of documents
- falsification of evidence
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The process of proving a theory or belief to be wrong.
Falsification is a key element in the philosophy of science.
Often appears as...
- process of falsification
- methodological falsification
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intention to Deceive
Falsification involves deliberate dishonesty, not innocent mistakes or errors.
She faced charges for the falsification of the financial report.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Consequences
Using falsification can lead to legal action, job termination, or academic penalties.
The researcher's career ended in disgrace after falsification of his study results was uncovered.
Pro Tip 3/3Detecting Falsification
Look for inconsistencies or details that don't match when identifying falsification.
The inspector spotted a date mismatch on the documents, raising suspicions of falsification.
Pro Tip 1/3Intention to Deceive
Falsification involves deliberate dishonesty, not innocent mistakes or errors.
She faced charges for the falsification of the financial report.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Consequences
Using falsification can lead to legal action, job termination, or academic penalties.
The researcher's career ended in disgrace after falsification of his study results was uncovered.
Pro Tip 3/3Detecting Falsification
Look for inconsistencies or details that don't match when identifying falsification.
The inspector spotted a date mismatch on the documents, raising suspicions of falsification.
Pro Tip 1/3Intention to Deceive
Falsification involves deliberate dishonesty, not innocent mistakes or errors.
She faced charges for the falsification of the financial report.
Pro Tip 2/3Serious Consequences
Using falsification can lead to legal action, job termination, or academic penalties.
The researcher's career ended in disgrace after falsification of his study results was uncovered.
Pro Tip 3/3Detecting Falsification
Look for inconsistencies or details that don't match when identifying falsification.
The inspector spotted a date mismatch on the documents, raising suspicions of falsification.
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Video examples
Virginia Postrel: The...
So you've got this highly stylized portrait of something that was not entirely of this earth -- it was a portrait of a star. And actually, we see glamorized photos of stars all the time -- they call them false color. Glamour is a form of falsification,
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Virginia Postrel: The...
So you've got this highly stylized portrait of something that was not entirely of this earth -- it was a portrait of a star. And actually, we see glamorized photos of stars all the time -- they call them false color. Glamour is a form of falsification,
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Quote examples
Walter Kirn
American Novelist
The idea that Americans favor politicians who either remind them of themselves or can imagine what their selves are like because they too have struggled and sung the blues, is, like very best theories of human behavior, immune to falsification by mere evidence.
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Norman Finkelstein
American Educator
My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that it has been used to justify criminal policies of the Israeli state and U.S. support for these policies.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting.
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Lee Smolin
American Physicist
There certainly is a tension between the relativity of simultaneity and non-locality in quantum theory, but it's not strong enough to add up to a falsification of either side by itself.
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Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
To call the coronavirus a great equaliser turned out to be the greatest falsification of our time.
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Ed Markey
American Politician
The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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Imre Lakatos
Hungarian Philosopher
There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.
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Walter Kirn
American Novelist
The idea that Americans favor politicians who either remind them of themselves or can imagine what their selves are like because they too have struggled and sung the blues, is, like very best theories of human behavior, immune to falsification by mere evidence.
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Norman Finkelstein
American Educator
My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that it has been used to justify criminal policies of the Israeli state and U.S. support for these policies.
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Gunter Grass
German Author
Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting.
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Lee Smolin
American Physicist
There certainly is a tension between the relativity of simultaneity and non-locality in quantum theory, but it's not strong enough to add up to a falsification of either side by itself.
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Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
To call the coronavirus a great equaliser turned out to be the greatest falsification of our time.
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Ed Markey
American Politician
The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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Imre Lakatos
Hungarian Philosopher
There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.
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