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falsification
Found in thesaurus: evidence, grounds, wrongful conduct, actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, dishonesty, knavery, determination, finding
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falsification
n.
deception; fraud; dishonest representation of facts; forgery; lie
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Falsification
Falsification may refer to:
- The act of disproving a proposition, hypothesis, or theory: see Falsifiability
- Mathematical proof
- Falsified evidence
- Falsification of history, distortion of the historical record also known as Historical revisionism (negationism)
- cpuinfo falsification, a lowest common denominator technique to provide backwards compatibility in computing
- Forgery, the act of producing something that lacks authenticity with the intent to commit fraud or deception
- Self-falsification, e.g., the Liar's paradox
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falsification
Noun
1. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
(synonym) disproof, refutation
(hypernym) evidence, grounds
(hyponym) reductio ad absurdum, reductio
(derivation) falsify
2. a willful perversion of facts
(synonym) misrepresentaation
(hypernym) wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
(hyponym) distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
(derivation) fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
3. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
(synonym) falsehood
(hypernym) dishonesty, knavery
(hyponym) frame-up, setup
(derivation) fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
4. the act of determining that something is false
(synonym) falsifying, disproof, refutation
(hypernym) determination, finding
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falsification
nf.
falsification, adulteration, forgery
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falsification
Falsification of travel documents is being tackled at EU level through the creation of the FADO database and specialist training in detection. (See Travel and residence documents)
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