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   untruth

   /ʌnˈtruːθ/

   noun

   • 1. a lie or false statement (often used euphemistically): "they go off and tell untruths about organizations for which they worked" Similar liefalsehoodfibfabricationdeceptionmade-up storytrumped-up storyfake newsinventionfictionpiece of fictionfalsificationfalsitycock and bull storybarefaced lie(little) white liehalf-truthexaggerationprevaricationdeparture from the truthalternative factyarnstoryred herringrumourfablemythflight of fancyfigment of the imaginationpretencepretextshamrusewilestratagemmisinformationdisinformationtrickeryperjurydissimulationgossippropagandainformal:tall storytall talefairy storyfairy talewhopperporkypork pieporky piehumorous:terminological inexactitudeeconomy with the truthvulgar slang:bullshitbulldustfalsityfalsehoodfalsenessuntruthfulnessfallaciousnessfictionfictitiousnessinaccuracyhollownessmendacityfabricationdishonestydeceitdeceitfulnessdeceptionduplicitydisingenuousnesshypocrisyfraudfraudulenceinformal:kidologyrare:unveracity
   • ▪ the quality of being false: "the story was full of misleading innuendo and untruth"

   Word Origin Old Englishuntrēowth ‘unfaithfulness’ (see un-1, truth).

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