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121reckless disregard of the truth — reckless dis·re·gard of the truth or reckless disregard for the truth 1: disregard of the truth or falsity of a defamatory statement by a person who is highly aware of its probable falsity or entertains serious doubts about its truth or when… …
122fallacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. error, flaw, misconception; false meaning. Ant., truth. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An error in reasoning] Syn. inconsistency, illogicality, sophism, sophistry, casuistry, quibble, quibbling, evasion,… …
123hypocrisy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deceit, dissembling, pretense, falsity, insincerity; sanctimony, cant, Phariseeism. See falsehood, impiety. Ant., honesty, sincerity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quackery, casuistry, pharisaism,… …
124misstatement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. error, mistake; misrepresentation, perversion, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exaggeration, distortion, falsity; see error 1 , mistake 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. misrepresentation,… …
125treachery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. treason, perfidy, faithlessness, disloyalty, infidelity, falsity, falseness. See improbity, deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. faithlessness, disloyalty, betrayal; see dishonesty , treason . III… …
126untruth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See deception, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. falsehood, misrepresentation, evasion, lie, prevarication, distortion, deceit, canard, trick, pretense, false appearance, gull, cheat, mistake,… …
127falseness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An erroneous or false idea: erroneousness, error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, untruth. See CORRECT, TRUE. 2. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation: disloyalty, faithlessness, false heartedness, falsity,… …
128Falsehood — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Falsehood >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 falsehood falsehood falseness Sgm: N 1 falsity falsity falsification Sgm: N 1 deception deception &c. 545 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm …
