English Explanatory Dictionary

truthiness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Truthfulness.
  2. Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
  3. The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹuːθinəs/

Word forms

truthiness

Etymology

From truthy + -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert in October 17, 2005 on his show The Colbert Report.

Synonyms

truthlikeness verisimilitude

Related words

untruthiness alternative fact cognitive dissonance cognitive relativism ring of truth wikiality

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 感实性 Dutch: waarheidigheid Esperanto: verumeco French: fausse vérité Hungarian: látszatigazság Hungarian: áligazság Russian: правдоподо́бность Swedish: sanningenhet
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