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If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.
Jonathan Haidt

Meaning of "truthiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUTHINESS

truthiness  [ˈtruːθɪˌnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUTHINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Truthiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRUTHINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of truthiness in the English dictionary

The definition of truthiness in the dictionary is the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRUTHINESS


Amazonas
ˌæməˈzəʊnəs
anus
ˈeɪnəs
bonus
ˈbəʊnəs
Campinas
kæmˈpiːnəs
cavernous
ˈkævənəs
cleanliness
ˈklɛnlɪnəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
genus
ˈdʒiːnəs
gingerliness
ˈdʒɪndʒəlɪˌnəs
givenness
ˈɡɪvənˌnəs
indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
instantness
ˈɪnstəntˌnəs
Jonas
ˈdʒəʊnəs
minus
ˈmaɪnəs
moderateness
ˈmɒdərətˌnəs
reposedness
rɪˈpəʊzɪdˌnəs
sinus
ˈsaɪnəs
sweetness
ˈswiːtnəs
Venus
ˈviːnəs
wellness
ˈwɛlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUTHINESS

trustworthiness
trustworthy
trusty
truth
truth drug
truth serum
truth set
truth table
truth-condition
truth-function
truth-value
truth-value gap
truther
truthful
truthfully
truthfulness
truthless
truthlessness
truthlike
truthy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUTHINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of truthiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «truthiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUTHINESS

Find out the translation of truthiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of truthiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «truthiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

truthiness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

truthiness
570 millions of speakers

English

truthiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

truthiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

truthiness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

truthiness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

truthiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

truthiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

truthiness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebenaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Truthiness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

真実であってほしいこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

truthiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kebenaran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

truthiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Truthiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सत्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

truthiness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

truthiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

truthiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

truthiness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cat de adevarata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

truthiness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Truthiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

truthiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

truthiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of truthiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUTHINESS»

The term «truthiness» is regularly used and occupies the 88.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUTHINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «truthiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «truthiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about truthiness

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QUOTES WITH «TRUTHINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word truthiness.
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Jonathan Haidt
If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUTHINESS»

Discover the use of truthiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to truthiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Truthiness Fever: How Lies and Propaganda Are Poisoning Us ...
This book should crystallize your cynicism.
Rick Hayes-Roth, 2011
2
And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) ...
And Rogak offers a look inside how The Daily Show works, and the exclusive bond that Colbert and Jon Stewart formed that would lead to Colbert’s own rise to celebrity.
Lisa Rogak, 2011
3
The Changing Faces of Journalism: Tabloidization, Technology ...
The Changing Faces of Journalism: Tabloidization, Technology and Truthiness brings together an array of top scholars who consider how contemporary journalism has wrestled with its changing parameters and who address how notions of ...
Barbie Zelizer, 2009
4
More Real?: Art in the Age of Truthiness
More Real? features an international contingent of contemporary artists whose work most aptly represents this modern conundrum in a variety of ways, from trompe l'oeil to digital manipulation.
Elizabeth Armstrong, 2012
5
The Deep End of South Park: Critical Essays on Television's ...
RichardJohnston and David McAvoy In The Colbert Report, the parodic pundit Stephen Colbert frequently extols the virtues of “truthiness” over political “truth.” The path toward political stability is paved not with genuine knowledge supported  ...
Leslie Stratyner, James R. Keller, 2009
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Truthiness
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Truthiness is a "truth" that a person claims to know intuitively "from the gut" or that it "feels right" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
7
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the ...
In Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed, renowned education authority Howard Gardner explores the meaning of the title's three virtues in an age when vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature have deeply ...
Howard Gardner, 2011
8
The Tragicomedy of Public Education
Education. How Education Becomes Tragicomic When Truth Is Displaced by Truthiness Yes, a lot of what's been said about public education brings us both laughter and tears. But wait until you read about truth vs. truthiness. Then you'll have ...
James M. Kauffman, 2011
9
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources offers the most thorough and up-to-date discussion of plagiarism and the proper use of sources available today.
James P. Davis, 2011
10
Entertaining Politics: Satiric Television and Political ...
little relationship to facts or truth, but also the television cable news media that produce such irresponsible and spectaded political theatre in the first place. On the program"s debut episode, Colbert unveiled the word "truthiness" in "The WORD” ...
Jeffrey P. Jones, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUTHINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term truthiness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Terry Christensen: Truth and 'truthiness' in San Jose politics
There's some truth to this, or as Stephen Colbert might say, some "truthiness." Neighborhoods on the West Side have long tended to be less liberal than those on ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
2
'Truthiness' can distort the real facts
But as a voter, I am dismayed at the prevalence of truthiness – ideas that sound as if they might be true, are often reflective of a political perspective and, when ... «Leavenworth Times, Apr 15»
3
Truthiness replaces moral truth
"Truthiness, as anyone who gets his or her news-ishness from fake TV news reporters knows, is a gut-feeling sort of "truth." It is truth as defined by Stephen ... «azcentral.com, Mar 15»
4
Bill O'Reilly and the Truthiness Defense
From the sound of things, Bill O'Reilly's enforcers are going to have a busy time. When David Corn first made the case, in Mother Jones, that O'Reilly had inflated ... «TIME, Feb 15»
5
The fine line between news and 'truthiness'
In such an environment, there are fewer counterbalances to the "truthiness" of the partisan press, allowing it to colonize larger swaths of the information ... «Philly.com, Feb 15»
6
Larry Wilmore's 'Keep It 100' is late night's new 'truthiness'
On his very first "Colbert Report," way back in 2005, Stephen Colbert established that his show would be all about "truthiness," or something being objectively ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
7
Truth vs. 'truthiness'
Colbert's biting bit added a new catchword to the American lexicon (truthiness was Merriam-Webster's word of the year) and it touched a cultural nerve. «Harvard Gazette, Jan 15»
8
Oliver Stone, Patron Saint of Truthiness
Film director Oliver Stone says he knows what really happened in Ukraine this year. His version of events surrounding the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych ... «Bloomberg View, Dec 14»
9
One Of The Best Moments On 'Colbert Report' Was When He …
"Truthiness" has not only set the tone for the rest of the series, but it has also became a staple in popular culture, and was later crowned Merriam-Webster's ... «Business Insider, Dec 14»
10
Mindfulness' “truthiness” problem: Sam Harris, science and the truth …
Like Stephen Colbert's “truthiness,” it is more that it “feels” like science than that it is science. In many respects, branding mindfulness in the cloak of science is ... «Salon, Dec 14»

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