half-truthn.
a. A proposition or statement which is or conveys only one half or a part of the truth.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > evasion of truth
paradiastole1555
equivocating1606
equivocation1609
quidlibet1611
equivoque1631
equivocya1636
prevarication1656
half-truth1658
suppressio veri1677
suggestio falsi1815
oil1917
1658 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude 4 Half-truth hath filled the world with looseness.
1840 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1875) I. 398 The noisy conflict of half-truths.
1864 J. H. Newman Apologia App. 91 A half-truth is often a falsehood.
b. attrib. or Comb.
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1832 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 757 Self-designated Tories, and of course half-truthmen.
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