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[きょ()·()]
kyogi
noun, no adjective

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English Meaning(s) for 虚偽

noun, no adjective
  1. falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation
noun
  1. fallacy (logic)

Definition and Synonyms for 虚偽

Falsity the state of being false or untrue
Synonyms: うそ, かわうそ, , , , 嘘偽り, , , , 虚偽, 虚妄
Deception the act of deceiving
Synonyms: 欺瞞, 欺騙, 虚偽, 詐欺
Chicanery the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Synonyms: ぺてん, いかさま, いかよう, ごまかし, ごまかす, やまかん, 枉惑, 権謀術数, 権謀術策, 欺瞞, 欺騙, 瞞着, 虚偽, 詐欺, 詭弁, 詭計
Lying the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Synonyms: 作り事, 作り話, 偽り, 偽る, 偽言, , 捏造, 空言, 虚偽, 虚言, 贋造
Falseness the quality of not being open or truthful
Synonyms: がらんどう, 不誠実, 不誠意, 虚偽
Fraudulence the quality of being fraudulent
Synonyms: 不正, 欺瞞, 虚偽
Fickleness unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
Synonyms: 不誠実, 気まぐれ, 虚偽
Prevarication a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Synonyms: うそ, かわうそ, 不実, , , 偽り, 偽る, 偽言, 偽り言, , 嘘偽り, 妄言, 妄語, 欺く, , 空言, 空音, , , 虚偽, 虚言, 虚誕, 虚語, 虚辞, 詐偽, 譎詐, 造言
Deception a misleading falsehood
Synonyms: ぺてん, ごまかし, ごまかす, 欺く, 欺瞞, 欺騙, 瞞着, 虚偽, 虚説, 詐欺
Falseness deceitful or hypocritical
Synonyms: がらんどう, 不誠実, 不誠意, 虚偽

Meanings for each kanji in 虚偽

» void; emptiness; unpreparedness; crack; fissure; untruth
» falsehood; lie; deceive; pretend; counterfeit; forgery

Categories 虚偽 is a member of

Misrepresentation a willful perversion of facts
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Deception the act of deceiving
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Dishonesty the quality of being dishonest
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Untruthfulness the quality of being untruthful
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Infidelity the quality of being unfaithful
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Irreality the state of being insubstantial or imaginary
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Falsity a false statement
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 虚偽

Sample Sentences for 虚偽

Time reveals truth as well as falsehood.
Reject all its lies and vulgarity.
I contended against falsehood.
Every type of socialization requires a lie.

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