Meanings
plural falsities
- uncountableThe characteristic of being untrue.
The falsity of that statement is easily proven.
1 more example
The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of DOUBLETHINK he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated. The process has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.
1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething that is false; an untrue assertion.
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Origin
- Latinfalsus
- Late Latinfalsitas
- Old Frenchfalseté
- Middle Frenchfausseté
- Englishfalsity
Corresponding to false + -ity. From Middle French fausseté, Old French falseté, from Late Latin falsitas, from Latin falsus.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian лъжа, невярност
- лъжа (lăža)untrue assertion
- невярност (nevjarnost)characteristic of being untrue
- погрешност (pogrešnost)characteristic of being untrue
Czech nepravda, nepravdivost
- nepravdauntrue assertion
- nepravdivostcharacteristic of being untrue
Finnish virhe, harhaluulo
- virheuntrue assertion
- harhaluulountrue assertion
- epätotuuscharacteristic of being untrue
- virheellisyyscharacteristic of being untrue
French fausseté, fausseté
- faussetéuntrue assertion
- faussetécharacteristic of being untrue
German Unwahrkeit, Unrichtigkeit
- Unwahrkeituntrue assertion
- Unrichtigkeituntrue assertion
- Unwahrkeitcharacteristic of being untrue
- Unrichtigkeitcharacteristic of being untrue
- Falschheitcharacteristic of being untrue
Latin falsitās
- falsitāscharacteristic of being untrue
Romanian falsitate, neadevăr
- falsitateuntrue assertion
- neadevăruntrue assertion
- necinstecharacteristic of being untrue
- falsitatecharacteristic of being untrue
Spanish falsedad, falsedad
- falsedaduntrue assertion
- falsedadcharacteristic of being untrue
Cite this entry
falsity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falsity
“falsity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falsity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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