erroneousness

noun

Definition of erroneousnessnext
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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  1. deception
  2. fallacy
  3. falsehood
  4. delusion
  5. untruth
  6. falsity
Noun
  • In another case, Balmer pleaded guilty in 2016 to forgery and theft by deception charges, court documents show.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Imposter syndrome is an internal struggle with feeling like a fraud despite being qualified, whereas career catfishing is an active deception.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of deception
Noun
  • The whole debate is so fundamentally backwards and upside down, it's based on a fallacy.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Its villains are cardboard cutouts, its heroes are unappealing and each scene is laced with logical fallacies.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of fallacy
Noun
  • Many of the most outrageous falsehoods were aimed at Bolsonaro’s opponent, Fernando Haddad.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In everything from politics to health, falsehoods propagated across social media cause immense harm.
    — David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of falsehood
Noun
  • This usually includes medication (such as antipsychotics) to help control symptoms like delusions and hallucinations, and psychotherapy to provide support, education, and coping strategies.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Antipsychotic medications are commonly prescribed to reduce hallucinations, delusions, and other psychotic symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of delusion
Noun
  • The writer’s task is the sculpting of these untruths into a work of art, into a cohesive story that suspends the readers’ belief, gently ushers them into the imaginary and holds them there.
    — Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, The Dial, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The invention soon collapses under the burden of its own untruth, wasting time in which the victims of its fiction could have taken more effective action to protect themselves.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of untruth
Noun
  • The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of falsity
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“Erroneousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneousness. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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