FALSENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does falseness mean? 

• FALSENESS (noun)
  The noun FALSENESS has 3 senses:

1. the state of being false or untrue

2. unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous

3. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

  Familiarity information: FALSENESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being false or untrue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

falseness; falsity

Context example:

argument could not determine its truth or falsity

Hypernyms ("falseness" is a kind of...):

irreality; unreality (the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "falseness"):

spuriousness (state of lacking genuineness)

Derivation:

false (arising from error)

false (inappropriate to reality or facts)

false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

faithlessness; falseness; fickleness; inconstancy

Hypernyms ("falseness" is a kind of...):

infidelity; unfaithfulness (the quality of being unfaithful)

Derivation:

false (deliberately deceptive)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

falseness; hollowness; insincerity

Hypernyms ("falseness" is a kind of...):

untruthfulness (the quality of being untruthful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "falseness"):

hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)

Derivation:

false ((used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful)

false (adopted in order to deceive)