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Meaning of "falsism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FALSISM

falsism  [ˈfɔːlsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALSISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Falsism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FALSISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Falsism

A falsism is a claim that is clearly and self-evidently wrong. A falsism is usually used merely as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device. An example is "pigs can fly." It is the opposite of truism. A falsism is similar to, though not the same as, a fallacy.

Definition of falsism in the English dictionary

The definition of falsism in the dictionary is a statement which is clearly false.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FALSISM


aestheticism
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsɪzəm
athleticism
æθˈlɛtɪsɪzəm
Catholicism
kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
cynicism
ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm
eclecticism
ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm
exorcism
ˈeksɔːsɪzəm
exoticism
ɪɡˈzɒtɪsɪzəm
Marxism
ˈmɑːksɪzəm
mysticism
ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm
narcissism
ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm
Nazism
ˈnɑːtsɪzəm
neoclassicism
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
neuroticism
njʊˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
ostracism
ˈɒstrəsɪzəm
racism
ˈreɪsɪzəm
romanticism
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm
scepticism
ˈskɛptɪsɪzəm
sexism
ˈsɛksɪzəm
skepticism
ˈskɛptɪsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALSISM

false-hearted
falseface
falsehood
falsely
falseness
falsers
falsetto
falsework
falsidical
falsies
falsifiability
falsifiable
falsification
falsified
falsifier
falsifies
falsify
falsish
falsities
falsity

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALSISM

activism
autism
bossism
classism
hedonism
Hussism
ism
journalism
Judaism
mechanism
metabolism
Parnassism
polysynthesism
prism
progressism
sensism
solipsism
speciesism
terrorism
tourism

Synonyms and antonyms of falsism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «falsism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALSISM

Find out the translation of falsism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of falsism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «falsism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

falsism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falsism
570 millions of speakers

English

falsism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

falsism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

falsism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

falsism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falsism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

falsism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

falsism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Falsisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

falsism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

falsism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

falsism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Falsisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

falsism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

falsism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

falsism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falsism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

falsism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

falsism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

falsism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

falsism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

falsism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

falsism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

falsism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of falsism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALSISM»

The term «falsism» is used very little and occupies the 162.282 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALSISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «falsism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «falsism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about falsism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALSISM»

Discover the use of falsism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to falsism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nature
In the same way the conception of the falsity of a statement is one as to the equivalence of two statements one of which is a falsism ; and generally the logical relation between statements which is expressed by saying that if certain statements ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1891
2
The American Mathematical Monthly: The Official Journal of ...
He entitles them 'truism' and 'falsism' respectively. It is by relation to these that such logical relations as contrariety, sub-contrariety, sub-alternation analogous to the metrical relations of points in geometry are determined. He considers ...
3
Higher Schools and Universities in Germany by Matthew Arnold
Our modern Liberals, on the other hand, are for governing Ireland in obedience to a maxim which turns out, when we examine it, to be a falsism ; current enough, certainly, but unsound; trite and false ;—the maxim that a modern State must not ...
Matthew Arnold, 1874
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The Works of Matthew Arnold
Our modern Liberals, on the other hand, are for governing Ireland in obedience to a maxim which turns out, when we examine it, to be a falsism ; current enough, certainly, but unsound ; trite and false ; — the maxim that a modern State must ...
Matthew Arnold, George William Erskine Russell, Thomas Burnett Smart, 1904
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The Works of Matthew Arnold: A French Eton. Higher schools ...
Our modern Liberals, on the other hand, are for governing Ireland in obedience to a maxim which turns out, when we examine it, to be a falsism ; current enough, certainly, but unsound ; trite and false ; — the maxim that a modern State must ...
Matthew Arnold, George William Erskine Russell, Thomas Burnett Smart, 1904
6
George Eliot in Context
He insisted that 'realism is the basis of all Art, and its antithesis is not Idealism, but Falsism'.13 Such falsism is precisely the target of the last essay Evans wrote for the IX/estminster Review before launching her career as George Eliot.
Margaret Harris, 2013
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The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot
As Lewes put it in a review he wrote two years later, "the antithesis" of Realism is not "Idealism, but Falsism." "Art," he claims, "always aims at the representation of Reality, i.e. of Truth."4 The resistant element in George Eliot, in her life and her ...
George Levine, 2001
8
Lectures on the Rational System of Society
These erring reasoning faculties have led men, step by step, from one error to another, rapidly accumulating through generation after generation, from savagism to barbarism, and from barbarism to a state which may well be termed falsism, ...
Robert Owen, 1841
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The Westminster Review
f a man is not on the look-out for good qualities, he will mistake them for bad ones . Sympathy, though our books of logic mention it not, is indispensably necessar to the apprehension of truth. The best way to destroy a falsism is to take out of it ...
10
e-Study Guide for: Children and Their Development by Kail, ...
Falsism 5. The English word theory was derived from a technical term in philosophy in Ancient Greek. The word theoria, meant 'a looking at, viewing, beholding', and referring to contemplation or speculation, as opposed to action. Theory is ...
Cram101 Textbook Reviews, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALSISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term falsism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Card trick: Waddington Studios by Featherstone Young
The phrase 'The camera cannot lie' is now almost universally accepted as a falsism, and it seems apt that Featherstone Young's Waddington ... «Architects' Journal, Jun 13»
2
Shadows of Liberty, reviewed: News organizations make errors …
(And to the owners of Postmedia Network Canada Corp., I would like to add that when I say “truism” I mean “falsism.”) Shadows of Liberty, a first ... «National Post, Feb 13»
3
Janet Reilly to Withdraw Candidacy?
That remains is a truism until it becomes a falsism as outcomes dictate. I'd also remind you that if there were not runoffs, we'd probably not have ... «Fog City Journal, Jul 10»
4
In praise of George Eliot's Adam Bede on its 150th anniversary
He wrote: “Realism is...the basis of all Art, and its antithesis is not Idealism, but Falsism. When our painters represent peasants with regular ... «World Socialist Web Site, Dec 09»

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