false assertion
Frequency: 6.14.0 per million words
A statement that is untrue.
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Examples (10)
- The lawyer worked hard to disprove the witness's false assertion.
- The article was retracted because it was based on a series of false assertions.
- His entire theory collapses if you remove the central, false assertion.
- "That's a completely false assertion and you know it!" she exclaimed.
- The historian's book debunks the long-held false assertion about the king's death.
- The company was sued for making false assertions in its advertising campaign.
- A logical argument cannot be built upon a false assertion.
- We will prove in court that this is a deliberately false assertion designed to damage our reputation.
- Spreading false assertions online can have serious real-world consequences.
- Despite evidence to the contrary, he continued to repeat the false assertion to his followers.