Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

falsification

/ˌfɔːl.sɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: fal-si-fi-ca-tion
IPA: /ˌfɔːl.sɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The main Christian doctrines and festivals, besides a great mass of affiliated legend and ceremonial, are really quite directly derived from, and related to, preceding Nature worships; and it has only been by a good deal of deliberate mystification and falsification that this derivation has been kept out of sight."
"Lenin's retroactive view of history was of course nothing in comparison to the systematic falsification of Stalin's day, when it had to be shown at all costs that the current assessment of individuals and political movements was equally valid for all past years."

Etymology

Etymology tree English false Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English falsification From false + -ification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

falsifications (plural)

Derived Forms

falsificationism falsificationist

Frequently Paired Words

falsify

Synonyms

falsifying disproof refutation refutal falsehood misrepresentation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce falsification?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɔːl.sɪf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
What does falsification mean?: The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
Where does falsification come from?: Etymology tree English false Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English falsification From false + -ification.

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