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[ adjective ] not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
Examples "gave false testimony under oath" "false tales of bravery" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)We are left helpless to cope_with it because we do not dare speak of it as anything real for fear that to do so would imply a commitment to that which has already been discredited and proved false . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Thus , if what is at_issue is whether `` All S is P '' , it is indifferent whether `` Some S is not P '' or `` No S is P '' , since in either case the judgment in_question is false . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Authorities believe that many_of the Doctor Frauds using these false health gadgets are still in business . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The North should thank_its_stars that such has been the case ; but at_the_same_time it should not draw false inferences therefrom . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)If it could be shown that judgments of good and bad were not judgments at_all , that they asserted nothing true or false , but merely expressed emotions like `` Hurrah '' or `` Fiddlesticks '' , then these wayward judgments would cease from troubling and weary heads could be at_rest . Related terms true untrue mendacious trumped-up specious incorrect dishonest insincere counterfeit truth |
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[ adjective ] arising from error
Synonyms Examples "a false assumption" "a mistaken view of the situation" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)We are left helpless to cope_with it because we do not dare speak of it as anything real for fear that to do so would imply a commitment to that which has already been discredited and proved false . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inaccurate in pitch
Examples "a false (or sour) note" "her singing was off key" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Examples "it isn't fake anything it's real synthetic fur" "faux pearls" "false teeth" "decorated with imitation palm leaves" "a purse of simulated alligator hide" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inappropriate to reality or facts
Synonyms Examples "delusive faith in a wonder drug" "delusive expectations" "false hopes" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] adopted in order to deceive
Examples "an assumed name" "an assumed cheerfulness" "a fictitious address" "fictive sympathy" "a pretended interest" "a put-on childish voice" "sham modesty" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] erroneous and usually accidental
Examples "a false start" "a false alarm" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a disloyal and faithless manner
Synonyms Examples "he behaved treacherously" "his wife played him false" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inaccurate in pitch
Examples "a false (or sour) note" "her singing was off key" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
Synonyms Examples "a false friend "when lovers prove untrue" Related terms |
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