falsification

Noun
  1. Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something (synset 105834793)
    is a type of: evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
    subtypes:
    • reductio, reductio ad absurdum - (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
    • confutation - evidence that refutes conclusively
    • counterexample - refutation by example
    same as: disproof, refutation
  2. A willful perversion of facts (synset 100752488)
    is a type of: actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct - activity that transgresses moral or civil law
    subtypes:
    same as: misrepresentation
  3. The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (synset 100752233)
    is a type of: dishonesty, knavery - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
    subtypes:
    • frame-up, setup - an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
    • sophistication - falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
    • forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
    same as: falsehood
  4. The act of determining that something is false (synset 100156118)
    is a type of: determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
    same as: disproof, falsifying, refutal, refutation

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