as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the erroneousness of so much that is printed in the tabloids is amazing
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Sensing deception takes human skill and incorporates unquantifiable things like the tension in the air, a knowledge of the past bluffing behavior of a particular opponent, and subtle tells (which may be subconsciously sensed more than explicitly identified).Jim Euchner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Whatever the truth of the tale about the décolleté dress and the husband’s deception, the pregnancy had a tragic result: though the baby was delivered safely, the Marquise, like so many women of the time, fell sick shortly afterward, and died within the week.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The sunk cost fallacy is the silent killer of rational decision-making.Mark Kane, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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In writing courses, for example, students learn how to spot fallacies, and elementary proofs are covered in trigonometry.Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
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Trump was classic Trump in the interview, regurgitating the usual falsehoods about the 2020 election, immigration, and more.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump and his allies spread falsehoods about the validity of the vote count in Detroit in 2020.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
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Michelle Nijhuis Life in the Ruins Two new books consider the delusion of the human quest to be free from the constraints of nature.The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
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Is this supernatural, paranormal, evil — or some kind of mass delusion?Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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To help combat the concurrent squall of lies, FEMA has spent precious resources to combat the untruths by beefing up the Rumor Response page on its website.Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Beneath these fabrications are a bedrock of untruths humanity has told itself about the consequences of our collective actions.Porter Fox, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Historical inaccuracies in the the legends of Sara de Soto From a historical perspective, there are number of problems and falsities with the legend of Sara de Soto, according to Sarasota historian Jeff LaHurd.Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2024
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Gateway Pundit still spreading election falsities A new report from analysts Advance Democracy, Inc., provided exclusively to USA TODAY, finds that the conservative news website the Gateway Pundit has doubled down in its spreading of false claims about the presidential election.Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Erroneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneousness. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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