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Definition of Falsity
Falsity

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

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Assertion, Being, Conformity, False, Falsehood, Is, Lie, Of, Or, Quality, That, The, To, Truth, Want, Which


Falsity Quotations

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
Blaise Pascal

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
Blaise Pascal

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.
Jean Rostand

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.
Ken Kesey

The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other arenas goes up after it has passed tests in one arena.
Robert Nozick

Falsity Translations

falsity in French is abus
falsity in German is Irrtum
falsity in Italian is errore
falsity in Spanish is deformidad
falsity in Swedish is oriktighet


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