c. 1300, "deceitfulness, treachery, dishonesty," from Old French fauseté "falsehood" (12c., Modern French fausseté), from Late Latin falsitatem (nominative falsitas), from Latin falsus "erroneous, mistaken" (see false). From late 14c. as "untrue statement or doctrine;" from 1570s as "character of being not true."
权威例句
1. It was difficult to convict him of the falsity of his beliefs.
难以使他认识到他信仰的虚假性.
2. We have shown the falsity of the story.
我们已说明那个报道不真实.
3. " It is an impudent falsity!
" 厚脸皮,撒谎!
4. Isabel had been thinking all day of her falsity, her audacity, her ability.
伊莎贝尔整天都在想着她的虚伪, 她的无耻, 她的手腕.
5. Her sense of Mrs Penniman's innocent falsity, which had lain dormant, began to haunt her again.