truthiness

[ troo-thee-nis ]

/ ˈtru θi nɪs /

noun

the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.

Rare. truthfulness or faithfulness.

Origin of truthiness

First recorded in 1820–30; def. 1 was coined in 2005 by Stephen Colbert (1964– ), U.S. comedian and TV host; truth + -y¹ + -ness

Words nearby truthiness

truth claim, truth-condition, truth drug, truthful, truth-function, truthiness, Truth is stranger than fiction, truth or consequences, truth serum, truth set, Truth, Sojourner

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Example sentences from the Web for truthiness

Truthiness is as truthiness does, and clearly: Acolyte Oren does truthiness very, very well.
Michael Oren's Truthiness|Emily L. Hauser|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Truth, truthiness, in this mass media cacophony we live in, comes up something for grabs.
Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War|Roy Scranton|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And by consumer and supplier agreement, no fact, factoid, or truthiness is too small to register.
Can the Heart and Blood-Pressure Pill Propranolol Cure Racism?|Kent Sepkowitz|March 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Are we so in thrall to "truthiness" that we need our exorcist movies to be dressed up with the patina of realness, as well?
What's Real in The Rite|Seth Colter Walls|January 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for truthiness

truthiness

/ (ˈtruːθɪˌnəs) /

noun

informal (of a belief, etc) the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts

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单词	truthiness
释义	truthiness [ troo-thee-nis ] / ˈtru θi nɪs / noun the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth. Rare. truthfulness or faithfulness. Origin of truthiness First recorded in 1820–30; def. 1 was coined in 2005 by Stephen Colbert (1964– ), U.S. comedian and TV host; truth + -y¹ + -ness Words nearby truthiness truth claim, truth-condition, truth drug, truthful, truth-function, truthiness, Truth is stranger than fiction, truth or consequences, truth serum, truth set, Truth, Sojourner Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for truthiness Truthiness is as truthiness does, and clearly: Acolyte Oren does truthiness very, very well. Michael Oren's Truthiness\|Emily L. Hauser\|March 6, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Truth, truthiness, in this mass media cacophony we live in, comes up something for grabs. Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War\|Roy Scranton\|November 26, 2012\|DAILY BEAST And by consumer and supplier agreement, no fact, factoid, or truthiness is too small to register. Can the Heart and Blood-Pressure Pill Propranolol Cure Racism?\|Kent Sepkowitz\|March 13, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Are we so in thrall to "truthiness" that we need our exorcist movies to be dressed up with the patina of realness, as well? What's Real in The Rite\|Seth Colter Walls\|January 31, 2011\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for truthiness truthiness / (ˈtruːθɪˌnəs) / noun informal (of a belief, etc) the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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