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What is the adjective for falsehoods?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb falsify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

false
  1. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  2. Based on factually incorrect premises.
  3. Spurious, artificial.
  4. (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  5. Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  6. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  7. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  8. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  9. (music) Out of tune.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “Unproven claims cleverly mask the truth with false doctrines that distort unsuspecting perceptions of reality.”
      “An out-of-state individual caught with false identification in New Jersey will have his or her driving privileges in NJ suspended or postponed.”
      “Giselle blinked with her long, false eyelashes, then began to lead the way.”
falsifiable
  1. Logically capable of being proven false.
  2. Capable of being falsified or forged.
  3. Examples:
    1. “According to the eminent modern philosopher Karl Popper, the defining characteristic of science is that its assertions are falsifiable.”
      “Of course Darwin's theory is eminently falsifiable, in a million possible ways.”
      “It is not falsifiable and makes no predictions about future scientific discoveries.”
falsificationist
  1. (sciences) Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.
falsy
  1. (computing) Evaluating to false in a Boolean context.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, in the second case, both '0' and the empty string () are falsy (in other words, they behave like false) and are therefore equal with respect to ==.”
falsified
  1. Demonstrated to be false.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The investigator presented the falsified evidence, clearly showing that the suspect's alibi was fabricated.”
      “The detective presented the falsified evidence to the court, hoping to sway the jury's opinion in his favor.”
falsidical
  1. (logic) Having a false basis.
falseful
  1. (obsolete) false
falsest
falsifying
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