post-truthadjective
uk/ˌpəʊstˈtruːθ//ˌpoʊstˈtruːθ/relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts:
The referendum was the first major vote in the era of post-truth politics.
He dubs the current administration a " post-truth" White House.
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- In this post-truth era, science is needed more than ever.
- The world has entered an era of post-truth politics.
- His lecture was entitled "Fake News in a Post-truth World".
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- flimflam
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- make sth up
- perjury
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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