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False is the antonym of the adjective true. False is used when refuring to someting which is not true. Look up Antonym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... When someone sincerely agrees with an assertion, they might claim that it is the truth. ...


False may also refer to:

  • Falsity is the antonym of the property name truth.
  • Falsehood is the opposite of the substantive noun truth.
  • FALSE, an esoteric stack-oriented programming language
  • false, Unix utility

Common dictionary definitions of truth mention some form of accord with fact or reality. ... Common dictionary definitions of truth mention some form of accord with fact or reality. ... False is the antonym of the adjective true. ... In Unix-like operating systems, false is the command that always returns the value 1, which is regarded by the shell as the logical value false. ... Unix or UNIX is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Douglas McIlroy. ...

See also

  • Lie, a deliberately false statement
  • Wrong, the moral aspects of falsehood
  • Truth, logical aspects and discussion of "what is true?" and "what is false?"
  • Falsework is some sorts of temporary support.

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false memory (1648 words)
A false memory is a memory which is a distortion of an actual experience, or a confabulation of an imagined one.
Many false memories involve confusing or mixing fragments of memory events, some of which may have happened at different times but which are remembered as occurring together.
Still other false memories are believed to be the result of the prodding, leading, and suggestions of therapists and counselors.
Creating False Memories (3211 words)
To study false memory, my students and I first had to find a way to plant a pseudomemory that would not cause our subjects undue emotional stress, either in the process of creating the false memory or when we revealed that they had been intentionally deceived.
In addition to actual events reported by parents, each participant was given one false event either an overnight hospitalization for a high fever and a possible ear infection, or a birthday party with pizza and a clown that supposedly happened at about the age of five.
False memories are constructed by combining actual memories with the content of suggestions received from others.
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