fausseté

Definitions of fausseté
  1. noun
    state of lacking genuineness
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    antonyms:
    authenticité, originalité
    the state of being genuine
  2. noun
    the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
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    antonyms:
    candeur, ingénuité, naïveté
    openly straightforward or frank
    types:
    fourberie, ruse, sournoiserie
    the quality of being crafty
    ingénuosité
    the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
    fourberie, ruse
    crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
    type of:
    malhonnêteté
    the quality of being dishonest
  3. noun
    the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
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    antonyms:
    honnêteté, sincérité
    the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
    types:
    hypocrisie
    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
    faux semblant, hypocrisie
    the quality of being hypocritically devout
  4. noun
    the state of being false or untrue
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    antonyms:
    vérité
    conformity to reality or actuality
    type of:
    irréalité
    the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
  5. noun
    the tendency to be untruthful
  6. noun
    the quality of being untruthful
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    antonyms:
    véracité
    the quality of being truthful
    types:
    hypocrisie
    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
    type of:
    malhonnêteté
    the quality of being dishonest
  7. noun
    the quality of being crafty
    synonyms: fourberie, ruse, sournoiserie
  8. noun
    unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
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    type of:
    adultère, déloyauté, infidélité
    the quality of being unfaithful
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