| falsification | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. disproof, falsification, refutation | any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. |
| ~ evidence, grounds | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" |
| ~ reductio, reductio ad absurdum | (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. |
| ~ confutation | evidence that refutes conclusively. |
| ~ counterexample | refutation by example. |
| n. (act) | 2. falsification, misrepresentation | a willful perversion of facts. |
| ~ actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing | activity that transgresses moral or civil law.; "he denied any wrongdoing" |
| ~ overrefinement, twisting, straining, torture, distortion | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. |
| ~ tergiversation, equivocation | falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language. |
| ~ lying, prevarication, fabrication | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth. |
| ~ dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit | the act of deceiving. |
| n. (act) | 3. falsehood, falsification | the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting. |
| ~ knavery, dishonesty | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing. |
| ~ frame-up, setup | an act that incriminates someone on a false charge. |
| ~ sophistication | falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies.; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason" |
| ~ forgery | criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud. |
| n. (act) | 4. disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutal, refutation | the act of determining that something is false. |
| ~ determination, finding | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation.; "the determination of molecular structures" |
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