truthiness
Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidenceSuperficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
/ˈtɹuːθinəs/
Meaning
3 senses(US, colloquial, uncountable)Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
(uncountable)The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context.
(archaic, rare, uncountable)Truthfulness.
правдоподо́бностьpravdopodóbnostʹ
Translations
2 languagesРусский
superficial or asserted truthfulness:
Origin
From truthy + -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert iFrom truthy + -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert in October 17, 2005 on his show The Colbert Report.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable