Falsification
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Falsification is a noun meaning The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
Meaning
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
More Meanings
- A knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation.
- The act of showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.
Example Sentences
The main Christian doctrines and festivals, besides a great mass of affiliated legend and ceremonial, are really quite directly derived from, and related to, preceding Nature worships; and it has only been by a good deal of deliberate mystification and falsification that this derivation has been kept out of sight.
Word Forms
- falsifications
Synonyms for falsification
Depending on context, synonyms include refutation, misrepresentation, falsehood, refuting, falsifying, disproving.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misrepresentation, falsehood, refutation, confuting, disproving, refuting.
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