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29 Opposites of True

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True indicates information that is accurate and factual. In traditional systems of logic, the opposite of true is false. This is due to a limitation of traditional logic known as excluded middle whereby systems of logic can only handle true and false. This is remarkably naive because there are many grey areas between absolutely true and absolutely false. More advanced systems such as the human mind and artificial intelligence deal with grey areas such as "mostly true", "kinda true" or "most likely not true." This raises the philosophical question of whether there is a better opposite for true than false. For example, the opposite of true could be undefined whereby it has no precise opposite. Beyond philosophy, the following words may be reasonable opposites for true.
Absurd
Ambiguous
Debatable
Deceitful
Dubious
Erroneous
False
Fictitious
Implausible
Imprecise
Improbable
Inaccurate
Inconceivable
Inconclusive
Incorrect
Invalid
Mistaken
Questionable
Uncertain
Unclear
Unconfirmed
Undefined
Unfounded
Unimaginable
Unknown
Unlikely
Unproven
Untrue
Wrong

Notes

In logic and computing it is common to represent true as 1 and false as 0. There is no opposite of 0. The opposite of 1 is -1. This might suggest that false has no opposite and that true does have an opposite that isn't false. This could be termed "untrue" as distinct from false.

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