falsification

falsification
Synonyms and related words:
abstractionism, coloring, confabulation, deformation, distortion, equivocation, exaggeration, expressionism, false coloring, false swearing, falsifying, garbling, hyperbole, inaccuracy, injustice, litotes, miscoloring, misconstruction, misdrawing, mispainting, misquotation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement, misteaching, nonrealism, overdrawing, overstatement, perjury, perversion, prevarication, slanting, straining, twisting, understatement

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  • falsification — [ falsifikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1369; de falsifier 1 ♦ Action d altérer volontairement (une substance) en vue de tromper; son résultat. ⇒ fraude. Falsification du lait, du vin par addition d eau (mouillage). Falsification des monnaies métalliques par… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • falsification — fal·si·fi·ca·tion /ˌfȯl si fə kā shən/ n: an act or instance of falsifying Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. falsification …   Law dictionary

  • falsification — falsification, falsificationism To falsify a knowledge claim is to provide evidence that it is false. Since the time of David Hume , empiricist philosophy of science has struggled with the problem of induction : namely, how is it possible to… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Falsification — Fal si*fi*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. falsification.] 1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. [1913 Webster] To counterfeit the living image of king in his person… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Falsification — may mean: *The act of disproving a proposition, hypothesis, or theory. (See, Validation, Mathematical proof, Falsifiability) *Forgery, the act of producing something that lacks authenticity with the intent to commit fraud or deception * Self… …   Wikipedia

  • falsification — 1560s, from L.L. falsificationem (nom. falsificatio), noun of action from pp. stem of falsificare (see FALSIFY (Cf. falsify)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • falsification — falsify fal‧si‧fy [ˈfɔːlsfaɪ ǁ ˈfɒːl ] verb falsified PTandPP [transitive] LAW ACCOUNTING to change figures, records etc so that they contain false information: • The financial director was charged with falsifying the company s …   Financial and business terms

  • falsification — (fal si fi ka sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. Action de falsifier ; résultat de cette action. •   La falsification des monnaies a toujours eu lieu dans tous les États et dans tous les temps, ROLLIN Hist. anc. Oeuv. t. x, p. 538, dans… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • FALSIFICATION — n. f. Action de falsifier. La falsification des denrées alimentaires. La falsification des monnaies. La falsification de cet acte est visible …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • FALSIFICATION — s. f. Action par laquelle on falsifie, ou État de la chose falsifiée. Il est coupable de falsification. La falsification de cet acte est visible …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • falsification — falsifikatas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Netikras, suklastotas produktas. atitikmenys: angl. counterfeit; falsification rus. фальсификат …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

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