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Look up FALSE, false, or falsehood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False or falsehood most commonly refer to: False (logic), the negation of truth
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Psychological occurrence
In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon in which someone incorrectly recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from
False_memory
Covert operation designed to deceive
A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term
False_flag
Index of articles associated with the same name
The generic name False Dmitry (also Pseudo-Demetrius, Russian: Лжедмитрий, Lžedmitrij) refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as the deceased
False_Dmitry
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are
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Types of error in data reporting
A false positive is an error in binary classification in which a test result incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition (such as a disease when
False positives and false negatives
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Hypothetical vacuum, less stable than true vacuum
In quantum field theory, a false vacuum is a hypothetical vacuum state that is locally stable but does not occupy the most stable possible ground state
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Words that look or sound alike, but are not related
False cognates are pairs of words that seem to be cognates because of similar sounds or spelling and meaning, but have different etymologies; they can
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Admission of guilt for a crime one did not commit
A false confession is an admission of guilt for a crime which the individual did not commit. Although such confessions seem counterintuitive, they can
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Literary technique
In fiction, a false protagonist is a literary technique, often used to make the plot more jarring or more memorable by fooling the audience's preconceptions
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Species of crocodilian
The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma, is a freshwater crocodilian of the family
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Signs and symptoms of pregnancy without the presence of a fetus
False pregnancy (or pseudocyesis, from Ancient Greek pseudes 'false' and kyesis 'pregnancy"') is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms
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Reporting on a fringe assertion as if it were legitimate debate
False balance, known colloquially as bothsidesism, is a media bias in which journalists present an issue as being more balanced between opposing viewpoints
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Vivid and convincing dream about awakening from sleep
A false awakening is a vivid scenario in which a person dreams that they have woken up, while still actually asleep. After a false awakening, subjects
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Illegal restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent
False imprisonment or unlawful imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person's movement within any area without legal authority
False_imprisonment
Incorrect proposition that forms the basis of an argument
A false premise is an incorrect proposition that forms the basis of an argument or syllogism. Since the premise (proposition, or assumption) is not correct
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Words in two languages that sound similar but have very different meanings
In linguistics, a false friend is a word or letter in a different language that looks or sounds similar to a word in a given language, but differs significantly
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Person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration
In religion, a false prophet or pseudoprophet is a person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration, or to speak for God, or who makes
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Logical fallacy of inconsistency
false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false
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Cosmetic application
False eyelashes are a cosmetic enhancement attaching synthetic or natural fibers to the eyelids to give the natural eyelashes a fuller, more dramatic
False_eyelashes
Methods of visualizing information by translating to colors
False colors and pseudo colors respectively refers to a group of color rendering methods used to display images in colors which were recorded in the visible
False_color
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up false alarm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False Alarm may refer to: False Alarm (band), an American punk rock band False Alarm (album), by
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A false conclusion is a result of reasoning that is false. It may refer to: Error False (logic) Any kind of fallacy Jumping to conclusions Reductio ad
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Bay of the Atlantic Ocean at South Africa
False Bay (Afrikaans: Valsbaai) is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in
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Statement contradicted by facts and reality
A false statement, also known as a falsehood, falsity, misstatement or untruth, is a statement that is false or does not align with reality. This concept
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False pleasure may be a pleasure based on a false belief, or a pleasure compared with more real, or greater pleasures. Lacan maintained that philosophers
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Marxist term examining the exploitation of workers
In Marxist theory, false consciousness (German: falsches Bewußtsein) is a term describing the ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes
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Deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency
A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic or bringing resources (such
False_alarm
The false keel was a timber, forming part of the hull of a wooden sailing ship. Typically 6 inches (15 cm) thick for a 74-gun ship in the 19th century
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Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia
False Creek (French: Faux ruisseau) is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, separating the Downtown and West End neighbourhoods from the rest
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Grammatical construct in English
A false, coined, fake, bogus or pseudo-title, also called a Time-style adjective and an anarthrous nominal premodifier, is a kind of preposed appositive
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Topics referred to by the same term
False Prophets may refer to: False prophet, a Jewish, Christian, and Islamic concept False Prophets (band), an American punk rock band "False Prophets"
False_Prophets
Group of plants of the family Rutaceae
The false oranges are a group of flowering plants in the Citrus genus, within the family, Rutaceae. They are endemic to New Caledonia. Though previously
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Claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue
A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue or unsubstantiated. False accusations are also known as groundless accusations
False_accusation
Popular, but false belief about word origins
A false etymology, also known as paretymology, is an incorrect theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. When a false etymology
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Index of plants with the same common name
False indigo is a common name for several plants related to indigo; it may refer to: Amorpha, particularly Amorpha fruticosa, native to North America
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1992 film by Carl Franklin
One False Move is a 1992 American Southern noir crime thriller film directed by Carl Franklin, written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, and starring
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Sporting term
Look up false start in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In sports, a false start is a disallowed start, usually due to a movement by a participant before
False_start
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Look up false faces or false face in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False Faces or False Face may refer to: False Face Society, a medicinal society
False_Faces
Index of plants with the same common name
False sunflower is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Heliopsis, especially: Heliopsis helianthoides, native to eastern and central North
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Norwegian woman who impersonated Margaret, Maid of Norway
False Margaret (or Margareth or Margareta) (c. 1260 – 1301) was a Norwegian woman who impersonated Margaret, Maid of Norway. The real Margaret had died
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Index of plants with the same common name
False dandelion is a common name for a number of plants similar to dandelions. Hypochaeris radicata, also known as cat's ears, the plant most commonly
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Unlawful arrest of an individual
False arrest, unlawful arrest or wrongful arrest is a common law tort, where a plaintiff alleges they were held in custody without probable cause, or
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Index of plants with the same common name
False spiraea or false spirea is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Astilbe Arendsii Group Sorbaria sorbifolia, native to Asia This page
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Misleading content in advertisements
False advertising is the act of publishing, transmitting, distributing or otherwise publicly circulating an advertisement containing a false claim or statement
False_advertising
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False Hope or False Hopes may refer to: "Hope Torture (False Hope)", a 2013 song by Song Ji-eun from Hope Torture False Hope, a 2017 EP by Kevin Garrett
False_Hope
Species of oceanic dolphin in the genus Pseudorca
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found
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Acquisition results from intentional misrepresenting of a past or existing fact
obtained by false pretenses when the acquisition results from the intentional misrepresentation of a past or existing fact. The elements of false pretenses
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Performance-degrading usage pattern
In computer science, false sharing is a performance-degrading usage pattern that can arise in systems with distributed, coherent caches at the size of
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Index of animals with the same common name
False coral may refer to many species of snakes, including: several species of the genus Erythrolamprus: Erythrolamprus aesculapii, a mildly venomous
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American documentary series
Trust Me: The False Prophet is a 2026 American documentary miniseries directed and executive produced by Rachel Dretzin. It follows cult expert Christine
Trust_Me:_The_False_Prophet
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up false positive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False Positive may refer to: False positive error, a result that incorrectly shows that a condition
False Positive (disambiguation)
False_Positive_(disambiguation)
Type of tort
In United States law, false light is a tort concerning privacy that is similar to the tort of defamation. The privacy laws in the U.S. include a non-public
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Derogatory term for foreign deities in Abrahamic religions
The phrase false god is a term used mainly in Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) to indicate
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Index of plants with the same common name
False Sandalwood is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Adenanthera pavonina, false red sandalwood Eremophila mitchellii, a shrub or small
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A false scent or false trail is an incorrect scent which may mislead an animal which hunts by smell, especially a hound. This may be the result of deliberate
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Economics concept
In economics, a false economy or hallucinated economy is an action that does save money at the beginning but which, over a longer period of time, results
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Name for several species of mushroom
The name false morel is given to several species of mushroom which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella. Like
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Imposter pretender executed in 1402
The False Olaf was a man executed on 28 October 1402 for impersonating King Olaf II of Denmark and Norway, who had died as a teenager in 1387. Condemned
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Index of plants with the same common name
False dittany is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Ballota acetabulosa Ballota pseudodictamnus Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus Dittany
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Fairy tale stock character
The false hero is a stock character in fairy tales, and sometimes also in ballads. The character appears near the end of a story in order to claim to
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Oration by Demosthenes
"On the False Embassy" (Ancient Greek: Περὶ τῆς παραπρεσβείας) is the name of two famous judicial orations, both delivered in 343 BC by the prominent
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Association football position
other forwards or false-9s drop deep and draw defenders away from the false-10s, creating space in the middle of the pitch, the false-10 will then also
Midfielder
1929 painting by René Magritte
The False Mirror is a surrealist oil on canvas painting by René Magritte, from 1929. It depicts a human eye framing a cloudy, blue sky. In the depiction
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Telecommunication system error
In telecommunications, falsing is a signaling error condition when a signal decoder detects a valid input although the implied protocol function was not
Falsing
Credit for a work given to the wrong person
False attribution may refer to: Misattribution in general, when a quotation or work is accidentally, traditionally, or based on bad information attributed
False_attribution
Index of plants with the same common name
False carrot is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Turgenia Yabea This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic
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Contemporary social theory
False necessity, or anti-necessitarian social theory, is a contemporary social theory that argues for the plasticity of social organizations and their
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Index of plants with the same common name
False box or false boxwood is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Cornus florida, native to eastern North America and northern Mexico Gyminda
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Index of plants with the same common name
False chamomile is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Boltonia asteroides Tripleurospermum inodorum Tripluerospermum maritimum This page
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Children's TV programme, 1993–1996
False or True (also known as FoT) is a children's TV programme broadcast from 1993 to 1996 in the UK on CBBC. Some years later it returned as a completely
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False alarm sent over all communications media in the U.S. state of Hawaii
Soviet nuclear false alarm incident – Incident which nearly precipitated nuclear warfare 2005 Connecticut false evacuation alert – False evacuation alert
2018 Hawaii false missile alert
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Index of plants with the same common name
False foxglove may refer to: Agalinis, a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae Aureolaria, another genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae Foxglove
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Topics referred to by the same term
False Identity may refer to: False identity False Identity (1990 film), an American crime thriller film False Identity (1947 film), a French crime film
False_Identity
Tsar of Russia from 1605 to 1606
False Dmitry I or Pseudo-Demetrius I (Russian: Лжедмитрий I, romanized: Lzhedmitriy I) reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death
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Species of snake
The false cobra (Malpolon moilensis), or hooded malpolon, is an opisthoglyphous snake found in parts of Africa and the Middle East. The name "false cobra"
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Chance of wrongly rejecting the null hypothesis
performing multiple comparisons, a false positive ratio (also known as fall-out or false alarm rate ) is the probability of falsely rejecting the null hypothesis
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Type of fungus with underground fruiting bodies resembling truffles
A false truffle or a hymenogastrale is any species of fungus that has underground fruiting bodies that produce basidiocarps resembling the true truffles
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Index of plants with the same common name
False hellebore is used as the common name of plants in two different families: Adonis vernalis (Ranunculaceae) Veratrum species (Melanthiaceae) Hellebore
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Insincere or strategic display of modesty
False humility, also known as pseudo-humility, refers to a display of humility that is insincere or strategically employed to serve ulterior motives such
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False document for granting confiscation of property of a debtor
A false lien is document that purports to describe a lien, but which has no legal basis, or which is based upon false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements
False_lien
Statistical method for handling multiple comparisons
In statistics, the false discovery rate (FDR) is a method of conceptualizing the rate of type I errors in null hypothesis testing when conducting multiple
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2011 Swedish film by Kjell Sundvall
False Trail (Swedish: Jägarna 2, "The Hunters 2"), is a Swedish thriller film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 2 September 2011, directed by
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2010 studio album by of Montreal
False Priest is the tenth full-length studio album by indie-pop group of Montreal, released on September 14, 2010 by Polyvinyl Records on CD, digital
False_Priest
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. False Evidence may refer to: False evidence, information created or obtained illegally, to sway the verdict in a court case False Evidence (1919
False_Evidence
Topics referred to by the same term
False fritillaries are brush-footed butterflies which resemble the fritillaries of the Heliconiinae, and which belong to sister subfamilies of the Nymphalidae:
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Form of back-formation
a false singular occurs when a singular noun ending in a s or z sound is understood as a plural from which a new singular is constructed. The false singular
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1964 film by Robert McKimson
False Hare is a 1964 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on July 18, 1964, and stars Bugs Bunny
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Topics referred to by the same term
The False Prince may refer to: The False Prince (novel), the first novel in the Ascendance Trilogy The False Prince (film), a 1927 German silent film This
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Topics referred to by the same term
False Dawn may refer to: "False Dawn" (short story), by Rudyard Kipling False Dawn (Parts One and Two) (The Forties), a 1924 novella by Edith Wharton
False_dawn
Reporting of a rape where no rape has occurred
A false accusation of rape happens when a person states that they or another person have been raped when no rape has occurred. The issue is studied in
False_accusation_of_rape
Topics referred to by the same term
False Colors or Colours may refer to: False Colors (1943 film), an American Western film False Colors (1914 film), an American silent drama film False
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Species of ray-finned fish
The false trevally (Lactarius lactarius) is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family
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Possessing negative truth value
False ∧ True = False (False AND anything is False). False ∨ True = True (OR is True if at least one operand is True). False → True = True (A false premise
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A false neurotransmitter is a chemical compound which closely imitates the action of a neurotransmitter in the nervous system. Examples include 5-MeO-αMT
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Species of spider
spider in the genus Steatoda, known in the United Kingdom as the noble false widow, as it superficially resembles, and is frequently mistaken for, the
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Species of ray-finned fish
The false scorpionfish (Centrogenys vaigiensis), also known as prettyfins, is a species of ray-finned fish, one of three species in the genus Centrogenys
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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up false start in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A false start is a prohibited movement before play begins in sports. False start may also refer
False_start_(disambiguation)
Index of plants with the same common name
False helleborine is a name is used in different parts of the world to describe several different plants of either the Orchid family or the Lily family
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Attacking player position in football
who drops deep into midfield. A false 9 creates a problem for opposing centre-backs who can either follow the false 9, leaving space behind them for
Forward (association football)
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