Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

falsism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fal-sism
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A claim that is self-evidently false, commonly used a rhetorical device.

Etymology

From fals(e) + -ism, modelled after truism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: false

Inflected Forms

falsisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fallacy

Antonyms

truism

Questions

What does falsism mean?: A claim that is self-evidently false, commonly used a rhetorical device.
Where does falsism come from?: From fals(e) + -ism, modelled after truism.

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