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Look up FALSE, false, or falsehood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False or falsehood most commonly refer to: False (logic), the negation of truth
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Types of error in data reporting
A false positive is an error in binary classification in which a test result incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition (such as a disease when
False positives and false negatives
False_positives_and_false_negatives
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are
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Index of articles associated with the same name
The generic name False Dmitry (also Pseudo-Demetrius, Russian: Лжедмитрий, Lžedmitrij) refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as the deceased
False_Dmitry
Illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent
False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area without legal authority
False_imprisonment
Psychological occurrence
In the field of psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon in which someone recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from
False_memory
Person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration
In Abrahamic religions, a false prophet or pseudoprophet is a person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine revelation, or to speak for God
False_prophet
Covert operation designed to deceive
A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term
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Marxist term examining the exploitation of workers
In Marxist theory, false consciousness (German: falsches Bewußtsein) is a term describing the ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes
False_consciousness
Hypothetical vacuum, less stable than true vacuum
In quantum field theory, a false vacuum is a hypothetical vacuum state that is locally stable but does not occupy the most stable possible ground state
False_vacuum
Derogatory term for foreign deities in Abrahamic religions
The phrase false god is a term used mainly in Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) to indicate
False_god
Incorrect proposition that forms the basis of an argument
A false premise is an incorrect proposition that forms the basis of an argument or syllogism. Since the premise (proposition, or assumption) is not correct
False_premise
Vivid and convincing dream about awakening from sleep
A false awakening is a vivid scenario in which a person dreams that they have woken up, while still actually asleep. After a false awakening, subjects
False_awakening
Admission of guilt for a crime one did not commit
A false confession is an admission of guilt for a crime which the individual did not commit. Although such confessions seem counterintuitive, they can
False_confession
Words that look or sound alike, but are not related
False cognates are pairs of words that seem to be cognates because of similar sounds or spelling and meaning, but have different etymologies; they can
False_cognate
Signs and symptoms of pregnancy without the presence of a fetus
False pregnancy (or pseudocyesis, from Ancient Greek pseudes 'false' and kyesis 'pregnancy') is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms
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Species of crocodilian
The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma, is a freshwater crocodilian of the family
False_gharial
Methods of visualizing information by translating to colors
False colors and pseudo colors respectively refers to a group of color rendering methods used to display images in colors which were recorded in the visible
False_color
Logical fallacy of inconsistency
false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false
False_equivalence
Words in two languages that sound similar but have very different meanings
In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that looks or sounds similar to a word in a given language, but differs significantly
False_friend
Reporting on a fringe assertion as if it were legitimate debate
False balance, known colloquially as bothsidesism, is a media bias in which journalists present an issue as being more balanced between opposing viewpoints
False_balance
Topics referred to by the same term
A false conclusion is a result of reasoning that is false. It may refer to: Error False (logic) Any kind of fallacy Jumping to conclusions Reductio ad
False_conclusion
Claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue
A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue or unsubstantiated. False accusations are also known as groundless accusations
False_accusation
Grammatical construct in English
A false, coined, fake, bogus or pseudo-title, also called a Time-style adjective and an anarthrous nominal premodifier, is a kind of preposed appositive
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Name for several species of mushroom
The name false morel is given to several species of mushroom which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella. Like
False_morel
Topics referred to by the same term
False Prophets may refer to: False prophet, a Jewish, Christian, and Islamic concept False Prophets (band), an American punk rock band "False Prophets"
False_Prophets
Statement contradicted by facts and reality
A false statement is a statement that is not true. Although the word fallacy is sometimes used as a synonym for false statement, that is not how the word
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False pleasure may be a pleasure based on a false belief, or a pleasure compared with more real, or greater pleasures. Lacan maintained that philosophers
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Sporting term
Look up false start in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In sports, a false start is a disallowed start, usually due to a movement by a participant before
False_start
Bay of the Atlantic Ocean at South Africa
False Bay (Afrikaans: Valsbaai) is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in
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Misleading content in advertisements
False advertising is the act of publishing, transmitting, distributing or otherwise publicly circulating an advertisement containing a false claim or statement
False_advertising
Literary technique
In fiction, a false protagonist is a literary technique, often used to make the plot more jarring or more memorable by fooling the audience's preconceptions
False_protagonist
Cosmetic application
False eyelashes are a cosmetic enhancement attaching synthetic or natural fibers to the eyelids to give the natural eyelashes a fuller, more dramatic
False_eyelashes
Economics concept
In economics, a false economy or hallucinated economy is an action that does save money at the beginning but which, over a longer period of time, results
False_economy
Telecommunication system error
In telecommunications, falsing is a signaling error condition when a signal decoder detects a valid input although the implied protocol function was not
Falsing
Topics referred to by the same term
False Dawn may refer to: "False Dawn" (short story), by Rudyard Kipling False Dawn (Parts One and Two) (The Forties), a 1924 novella by Edith Wharton
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The false keel was a timber, forming part of the hull of a wooden sailing ship. Typically 6 inches (15 cm) thick for a 74-gun ship in the 19th century
False_keel
Species of oceanic dolphin in the genus Pseudorca
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found
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Group of plants of the family Rutaceae
The false oranges are a group of flowering plants in the Citrus genus, within the family, Rutaceae. They are endemic to New Caledonia. Though previously
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Index of plants with the same common name
False dandelion is a common name for a number of plants similar to dandelions. Hypochaeris radicata, also known as cat's ears, the plant most commonly
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Inlet in Vancouver, Canada
False Creek (French: Faux ruisseau) is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which separates the Downtown and West
False_Creek
Deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency
A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic or bringing resources (such
False_alarm
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up false alarm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False Alarm may refer to: False Alarm (band), an American punk rock band False Alarm (album), by
False_Alarm
A false scent or false trail is an incorrect scent which may mislead an animal which hunts by smell, especially a hound. This may be the result of deliberate
False_scent
Reporting of a rape where no rape has occurred
A false accusation of rape happens when a person states that they or another person have been raped when no rape has occurred. The issue is studied in
False_accusation_of_rape
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up false faces or false face in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False Faces or False Face may refer to: False Face Society, a medicinal society
False_Faces
Credit for a work given to the wrong person
False attribution may refer to: Misattribution in general, when a quotation or work is accidentally, traditionally, or based on bad information attributed
False_attribution
Topics referred to by the same term
False Colors or Colours may refer to: False Colors (1943 film), an American Western film False Colors (1914 film), an American silent drama film False
False_Colors
Performance-degrading usage pattern
In computer science, false sharing is a performance-degrading usage pattern that can arise in systems with distributed, coherent caches at the size of
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Acquisition results from intentional misrepresenting of a past or existing fact
obtained by false pretenses when the acquisition results from the intentional misrepresentation of a past or existing fact. The elements of false pretenses
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Insincere or strategic display of modesty
False humility, also known as pseudo-humility, refers to a display of humility that is insincere or strategically employed to serve ulterior motives such
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Index of plants with the same common name
False helleborine is a name is used in different parts of the world to describe several different plants of either the Orchid family or the Lily family
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has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump
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Norwegian woman who impersonated Margaret, Maid of Norway
False Margaret (or Margareth or Margareta) (c. 1260 – 1301) was a Norwegian woman who impersonated Margaret, Maid of Norway. The real Margaret had died
False_Margaret
Popular, but false belief about word origins
A false etymology, also known as paretymology, is an incorrect theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. When a false etymology
False_etymology
Topics referred to by the same term
False Hope or False Hopes may refer to: "Hope Torture (False Hope)", a 2013 song by Song Ji-eun from Hope Torture False Hope, a 2017 EP by Kevin Garrett
False_Hope
Type of fungus with underground fruiting bodies resembling truffles
A false truffle or a hymenogastrale is any species of fungus that has underground fruiting bodies that produce basidiocarps resembling the true truffles
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Type of tort
In United States law, false light is a tort concerning privacy that is similar to the tort of defamation. The privacy laws in the U.S. include a non-public
False_light
Form of back-formation
a false singular occurs when a singular noun ending in a s or z sound is understood as a plural from which a new singular is constructed. The false singular
False_singular
Statistical measure of a binary classification
condition, resulting in a high number of true positives and low number of false negatives, will have a high sensitivity. This is especially important when
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Association football position
other forwards or false-9s drop deep and draw defenders away from the false-10s, creating space in the middle of the pitch, the false-10 will then also
Midfielder
Falsifying an oath or affirmation
Perjury (also known as forswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in
Perjury
Index of animals with the same common name
False coral may refer to many species of snakes, including: several species of the genus Erythrolamprus: Erythrolamprus aesculapii, a mildly venomous
False_coral
Statistical method for handling multiple comparisons
In statistics, the false discovery rate (FDR) is a method of conceptualizing the rate of type I errors in null hypothesis testing when conducting multiple
False_discovery_rate
Chance of wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis
performing multiple comparisons, a false positive ratio (also known as fall-out or false alarm rate ) is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis
False_positive_rate
Topics referred to by the same term
False Identity may refer to: False identity False Identity (1990 film), an American crime thriller film False Identity (1947 film), a French crime film
False_Identity
English rock band
False Heads are an English, London-based three piece rock/punk band, consisting of Luke Griffiths (vocals/guitar), Jake Elliott (bass) and Charlie Gregory
False_Heads
Tsar of Russia from 1605 to 1606
False Dmitry I or Pseudo-Demetrius I (Russian: Лжедмитрий I, romanized: Lzhedmitriy I) reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death
False_Dmitry_I
insufficiently supported, or otherwise inadequate without making its conclusion false. A formal fallacy, or non sequitur, is an error in the argument's form.
List_of_fallacies
Species of flowering plant
racemosum, the treacleberry, feathery false lily of the valley, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume or false spikenard, is a species of flowering plant
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Contemporary social theory
False necessity, or anti-necessitarian social theory, is a contemporary social theory that argues for the plasticity of social organizations and their
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Species of lizard
The false monitor or tegú varano (Callopistes flavipunctatus) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is found in northern Peru and southern
False_monitor
2013 studio album by Tricky
False Idols is the ninth studio album by English trip hop musician Tricky, released on 23 May 2013. It is Tricky's first release on his label False Idols
False_Idols
Imposter pretender executed in 1402
The False Olaf was a man executed on 28 October 1402 for impersonating King Olaf II of Denmark and Norway, who had died as a teenager in 1387. Condemned
False_Olaf
Attacking player position in association football
who drops deep into midfield. A false 9 creates a problem for opposing centre-backs who can either follow the false 9, leaving space behind them for
Forward (association football)
Forward_(association_football)
Early collection of plays attributed to Shakespeare
False Folio is the term that Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers have applied to William Jaggard's printing of ten Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean
False_Folio
Possessing negative truth value
False ∧ True = False (False AND anything is False). False ∨ True = True (OR is True if at least one operand is True). False → True = True (A false premise
False_(logic)
Type of dissonance in polyphonic music
A false relation (also known as cross-relation, non-harmonic relation) is the name of a type of dissonance that sometimes occurs in polyphonic music,
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2010 studio album by of Montreal
False Priest is the tenth full-length studio album by indie-pop group of Montreal, released on September 14, 2010 by Polyvinyl Records on CD, digital
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Japanese manga series
False Child (嘘の子供, Uso no Kodomo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kawamura. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga
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Species of flowering plant in the pea family
family Fabaceae, known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is native to North America
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Species of fish
The false cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus) is a species of combtooth blenny, a mimic that copies both the dance and appearance of Labroides dimidiatus
False_cleanerfish
Topics referred to by the same term
False breeching can refer to: False breeching on the shafts of an animal-drawn vehicle; see Breeching (tack) False breeching on a firearm or other weapon;
False_breeching
Architectural pattern in Ancient Egypt
A false door, also known as a recessed niche or fake door, is an artistic representation of a door which does not function like a real door. They can
False_door
Secret partition in a container
A false bottom (or false back) is an internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom of a drawer, suitcase or similar item, enabling the concealment
False_bottom
1992 studio album by Gorefest
False is the second studio album by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was released in 1992 via Nuclear Blast. Gorefest Jan-Chris de Koeijer – vocals
False_(album)
Election of Joe Biden
and "This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow
2020 United States presidential election
2020_United_States_presidential_election
Genus of marsupials
bilarni Fat-tailed false antechinus, Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis Alexandria false antechinus, Pseudantechinus mimulus Ningbing false antechinus, Pseudantechinus
False_antechinus
American documentary series
Trust Me: The False Prophet is a 2026 American documentary miniseries directed and executive produced by Rachel Dretzin. It follows cult expert Christine
Trust_Me:_The_False_Prophet
Abuse case in California
counts, including abuse of a dependent adult, child abuse, torture, and false imprisonment. In April, they were sentenced to life imprisonment with the
Turpin_case
Species of ray-finned fish
The false trevally (Lactarius lactarius) is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family
False_trevally
2021 film
False Positive is a 2021 American psychological horror film directed by John Lee from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ilana Glazer. The film stars Glazer
False_Positive_(film)
1935 film
False Pretenses is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Irene Ware. When Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) loses her waitress
False_Pretenses
Oration by Demosthenes
"On the False Embassy" (Ancient Greek: Περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας) is the name of two famous judicial orations, both delivered in 343 BC by the prominent
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Error in numerical data
False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision, excess precision, and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data
False_precision
Children's TV programme, 1993–1996
False or True (also known as FoT) is a children's TV programme broadcast from 1993 to 1996 in the UK on CBBC. Some years later it returned as a completely
False_or_True
Topics referred to by the same term
False fritillaries are brush-footed butterflies which resemble the fritillaries of the Heliconiinae, and which belong to sister subfamilies of the Nymphalidae:
False_fritillary
Bearing damage caused by fretting
False brinelling is a type of bearing damage caused by fretting, with or without corrosion, that causes imprints that look similar to brinelling, but
False_brinelling
False document for granting confiscation of property of a debtor
A false lien is document that purports to describe a lien, but which has no legal basis, or which is based upon false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements
False_lien
5th episode of the 3rd season of Star Trek: Voyager
"False Profits" is the 47th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the fifth episode of the third season. This is a science fiction television episode of the
False_Profits
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