untruths

noun

Definition of untruthsnext
plural of untruth
1
as in myths
a false idea or belief their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited

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2
as in lies
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information

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  1. myths
  2. lies
  3. delusions
  4. tales
  5. errors
  6. stories
  7. illusions
  8. falsehoods
Noun
  • Through social media and her practice, German is dismantling beauty myths and empowering her community with knowledge.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Dispelling myths about social determinants of health is important for better addressing the overall well-being of employees and employers.
    Sean Fogarty, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of myths
Noun
  • To uncover the truth about a pernicious insurance industry practice, staffers with the New York’s state attorney general’s office decided to tell a series of lies.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The breach led by Peters heightened concerns that rogue election workers sympathetic to partisan lies could use their access and knowledge to attack voting processes from within.
    Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of lies
Noun
  • Corcoran's attorneys have pointed to his delusions that Indiana Department of Correction officers are torturing him using an ultrasound machine.
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Musicals are, in many cases, delusions, born in times of violence and annihilation.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of delusions
Noun
  • The project is heavy on woozy tales of the erotic ups and emotional downs of falling hard, and the deadpan, adrift flows of Scoob and friends, like professional skirt-chaser Shaudy Kash, are like bumping Baby Smoove and Veeze with brain fog.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But do not look for tales of her in the old songs.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of tales
Noun
  • Most recently, the Department of Homeland Security Cyber Safety Review Board cited a ‘cascade’ of errors by Microsoft, allowing Chinese hackers to breach federal email systems.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Macy’s did not identify the individual responsible for the errors.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of errors
Noun
  • Forbes Daily Our best stories, exclusive reporting and Forbes perspectives on the day’s top news, plus the inside scoop on the world's most important entrepreneurs.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That means not just naming your values and putting them in a frame on the boardroom wall, but also making a real effort to create and share stories that speak to those values.
    Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of stories
Noun
  • Usually this is because states fall prey to illusions about national security.
    Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But Americans must guard carefully against falling prey to our own illusions and our own folly.
    Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of illusions
Noun
  • Drake’s stardom is, seemingly in Lamar’s eyes, hollow, built on a foundation of falsehoods, or at least exaggerations, and done without principles.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Both sides accuse each other of making outdated assumptions, ignoring inconvenient realities and dishing out falsehoods.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of falsehoods
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