noun
falsehood
FOLS-huud
noun
1
A false statement; a lie.
"The report was riddled with falsehoods."
2
The quality of being untrue.
"The falsehood of the claim became obvious once the facts came out."
How to Use Falsehood
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA lie, or the general state of being untrue.
Common mistake
A "falsehood" is a lie or untrue statement; a "fallacy" is flawed reasoning, which may or may not involve an outright lie.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
falsehoods plural
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Etymology
From Middle English falshede, formed from false plus the suffix -hood.