untruth

[ uhn-trooth ]

noun

, plural un·truths [uhn-, troothz, -, trooths].

1. the state or character of being untrue.
2. want of veracity; divergence from truth.
3. something untrue; a falsehood or lie.

   Synonyms: invention, fabrication, tale, story, fiction

4. Archaic. unfaithfulness; disloyalty.

untruth

/ ʌnˈtruːθ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being untrue
2. a statement, fact, etc, that is not true

Word History and Origins

Origin of untruth¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English untrēowth: un- ¹, truth

Synonym Study

See falsehood.

Example Sentences

And the conservative, Trump-promoting New York Post would very much like you to believe that untruth.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, Trump’s familiar litany of untruths and increasingly nonsensical speeches is regularly glossed as “Trump being Trump.”

From Los Angeles Times

The crossbencher said, without that verification, "we're being asked to complicit in a present-day untruth and a future fantasy".

From BBC

A recent Washington Post survey found Republicans less likely than they were in the midst of Trump’s presidency to acknowledge his untruths.

From Los Angeles Times

The purpose is not to forward any one particular untruth, but to throw out so many conflicting and outrageous claims that people no longer know what to believe, or what they might do about it.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• distortion
• misrepresentation
• whopper