falsification.

1. The intentional fabrication or alteration of information to make it misleading or false.

2. The testing or demonstration that a claim is false, especially by finding evidence incompatible with it.

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Words that belong together

• falsification of records
• data falsification

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The inquiry found falsification of records rather than a simple mistake in transcription.

Deliberate data falsification concealed the observations that contradicted the desired result.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; use a plural for distinct instances or types only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence, argumentation, evaluation, qualification. Disciplines: reasoning, research, essay writing. Commonness: moderately common.