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# falsification

noun (falsification, falsifications)

«falsification» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Falsification is changing facts, documents, evidence or results in a dishonest way so that they show something untrue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#m1)
2. (science, philosophy) Falsification is showing that an idea or theory is false by testing it, which is an important part of how science works. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#m2)

### In the lessons

In law and honesty lessons, falsification of documents, exam results or accounts is cheating and can be a crime. In science, Karl Popper argued that a good theory must be testable so it could be proved false (falsifiability). In history, rulers sometimes used falsification of records as propaganda. Phrases: «falsification of evidence», «falsification of records», «data falsification».

### Examples

- The company was fined for falsification of its accounts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#x1)
- Falsification of exam results is serious cheating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#x2)
- The scientist lost her job for falsification of data. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#x3)
- Old photos were edited in a falsification of history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#x4)
- One black swan was enough for the falsification of «all swans are white». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#x5)
- The police found falsification of the passport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/#x6)

### Note

Verb: falsify (falsifies, falsified). Adjective: false. In science, finding evidence that disagrees with a theory is a good thing, not cheating; falsifying results is cheating.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «falsification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falsification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«falsification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/falsification.html) on Mova free.