In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
FALSISM
Etymology
Noun
falsism (plural falsisms)
A claim that is self-evidently false, commonly used a rhetorical device.
Antonyms
• truism
Source: Wiktionary
Fals"ism, n.
Definition: That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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