Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untruism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-tru-ism
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is not true; a false statement.

Example Sentences

"No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms, and yet receive, as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence, or persuasive logic, fell from his lips."
"Parmenides' philosophy rests, if I am right, on an untruism; it is some slight consolation that his was by no means the last system to be built on such a sandy foundation."
"This fickle oscillation is often precipitated by the chameleon-like quality of 'untruisms': 'An untruism is an ambiguous sentence"
"Aristotle's implicit totalitarianism rests ultimately on a questionable inference from a metaphysical untruism."

Etymology

Blend of untrue + truism. By surface analysis, un- + true + -ism.

Inflected Forms

untruisms (plural)

Synonyms

falsehood

Questions

What does untruism mean?: Something that is not true; a false statement.
Where does untruism come from?: Blend of untrue + truism. By surface analysis, un- + true + -ism.

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