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fal·si·fy
(fôl′sə-fī′)v. fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing, fal·si·fies
v.tr.
1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent.
2.
a. To make false by altering or adding to: falsify testimony.
b. To counterfeit; forge: falsify a visa.
3. To declare or prove to be false.
v.intr.
To make untrue statements; lie.
[Middle English falsifien, from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre : Latin falsus, false; see false + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
fal′si·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
fal′si·fi′er n.
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| Noun | 1. | falsification - 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 |
| 2. |  falsification - 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 | |
| 3. | 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 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 | |
| 4. | falsification - 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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falsification
noun misrepresentation, distortion, tampering with, forgery, deceit, perversion, adulteration, dissimulation recent concern about the falsification of evidence in court
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Translations
تَزْييف، تَحْريف
padělek
forfalskning
võltsing
fölsun
çarpıtma
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falsification
[ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] n [records, documents, information, data] → falsification f; [accounts] → falsification f, maquillage mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
falsification
n
→ (Ver)fälschung f
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false
(foːls) adjective1. not true; not correct. He made a false statement to the police.
2. not genuine; intended to deceive. She has a false passport.
3. artificial. false teeth.
4. not loyal. false friends.
ˈfalsehood noun (the telling of) a lie. She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood.
ˈfalsify (-fӕi) verb to make false. He falsified the accounts.
ˌfalsifiˈcation (-fi-) nounˈfalsity noun
false alarm
a warning of something which in fact does not happen.
false start in a race, a start which is declared not valid and therefore has to be repeated.
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fal·si·fi·ca·tion
n. falsificación, distorsión o alteración de un suceso u objeto.
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