falsification
English Thesaurus
1. the act of determining that something is false (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | determination, finding, |
| definition | : | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation (noun.act) |
2. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | dishonesty, knavery, |
| definition | : | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | frame-up, setup, |
| definition | : | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | sophistication, |
| definition | : | falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | forgery, |
| definition | : | criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud (noun.act) |
3. a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)
4. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | evidence, grounds, |
| definition | : | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | reductio, reductio ad absurdum, |
| definition | : | (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | confutation, |
| definition | : | evidence that refutes conclusively (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | counterexample, |
| definition | : | refutation by example (noun.cognition) |
5. the act of determining that something is false (noun.act)
| derivation | : | falsify, |
| definition | : | prove false (verb.cognition) |
6. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)
7. a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)
| derivation | : | alter, falsify, interpolate, |
| definition | : | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | falsify, |
| definition | : | falsify knowingly (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | distort, falsify, garble, warp, |
| definition | : | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication) |
8. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | falsify, |
| definition | : | prove false (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | rebut, refute, |
| definition | : | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof (verb.communication) |
9. the act of determining that something is false (noun.act)
| derivation | : | falsify, |
| definition | : | prove false (verb.cognition) |
10. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)
11. a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)
| derivation | : | alter, falsify, interpolate, |
| definition | : | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | falsify, |
| definition | : | falsify knowingly (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | distort, falsify, garble, warp, |
| definition | : | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication) |
12. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | falsify, |
| definition | : | prove false (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | rebut, refute, |
| definition | : | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof (verb.communication) |
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