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untruism

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untruism noun: something that is not true; a false statement.

Noun

untruism (plural untruisms)

  1. Something that is not true; a false statement.
    • No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms, and yet receive, as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence, or persuasive logic, fell from his lips.1878, Anthony Trollope, The warden and Barchester Towers: Volume 1, page 262
    • Parmenides' philosophy rests, if I am right, on an untruism; it is some slight consolation that his was by no means the last system to be built on such a sandy foundation.1982, Jonathan Barnes, The Presocratic Philosophers, page 132
    Synonyms:
    falsehood

Examples of untruism in a sentence

  • This fickle oscillation is often precipitated by the chameleon-like quality of 'untruisms': 'An untruism is an ambiguous sentence1993, Roy Sorenson, Pseudo-Problems, page 118
  • Aristotle's implicit totalitarianism rests ultimately on a questionable inference from a metaphysical untruism.2005, Richard Kraut, Steven Skultety, Aristotle's Politics, page 201

Synonyms of untruism

Forms of untruism

pluraluntruisms

Origin of untruism

Blend of untrue + truism. By surface analysis, un- + true + -ism.

Questions about untruism

What does untruism mean?
Untruism means something that is not true; a false statement.
How do you use untruism in a sentence?
This fickle oscillation is often precipitated by the chameleon-like quality of 'untruisms': 'An untruism is an ambiguous sentence
What part of speech is untruism?
Untruism is a noun.
What is the plural of untruism?
The plural of untruism is untruisms.

Words near untruism in the dictionary

  1. untrue
  2. untruely
  3. untrueness
  4. untruer
  5. untruest
  6. untruism
  7. untruisms
  8. untruly
  9. untrumpable
  10. untrumped
  11. untrumpeted

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