Untruism

Quick meaning: Untruism is a noun meaning Something not true; a false statement.

Meaning

Something not true; a false statement.

Example Sentences

Aristotle's implicit totalitarianism rests ultimately on a questionable inference from a metaphysical untruism.

This fickle oscillation is often precipitated by the chameleon-like quality of 'untruisms': 'An untruism is an ambiguous sentence

Parmenides' philosophy rests, if I am right, on an untruism; it is some slight consolation that his was by no means the last system to be built on such a sandy foundation.

No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms, and yet receive, as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence, or persuasive logic, fell from his lips.

Word Forms

• untruisms

Synonyms for untruism

Depending on context, synonyms include falsehood.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unfact, nonmyth, nonfact, unfalsifiable, unvirtue, nontheorem.

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