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Meanings of truthiness in English

Russian
правдивость
Portuguese
truthiness
Wikidata

Quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true.

правдивость
Antonyms
Examples for "critical thinking"
Examples for "critical thinking"
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That you really do need those analytical, critical thinking skills, she said.
Radio NZ
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Through knowledge, critical thinking and dialogue, colleges can transform themselves-and their students.
Ebony
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Academic study develops individuals and encourages critical thinking beyond secondary school education.
Radio NZ
4
Others have argued that schools already cater for critical thinking through debating.
The Irish Times
5
Over the years the beloved has developed a faculty of critical thinking.
The Irish Times
Usage of truthiness in English
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But the proper standard is not truth, it's truthiness.
The Irish Times
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The "truthiness" of the matter is that organisers of both events could learn from each other.
The Guardian
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But as the world gets more complex and noisy, truth can easily become confused with "truthiness".
The Guardian
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Truth doesn't seem matter so much as truthiness -the quality of something seeming to be true even if it's false.
The Irish Times
5
According to the ultimate source of truthiness (wikipedia), the photon is the elementary particle responsible for the electromagnetic interaction.
Wired
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It is four years since US political humorist Stephen Colbert started talking about "truthiness" and "wikiality", as in a dependence on Wikipedia for fact-checking.
The Irish Times
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US satirist Stephen Colbert invented "truthiness" -a political discourse in which what matters is what you feel to be true, regardless of any evidence.
The Irish Times
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Truthiness: People have certainly talked about that Etch-a-Sketch quote quite a bit.
The Guardian
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Truthiness: The great thing about speculation is that it cannot be fact-checked.
The Guardian
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Truthiness: Romney often appears to be drawn in a monotone pallet.
The Guardian
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Truthiness: The picture of Putin with his shirt off is 100% real.
The Guardian
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Truthiness: Rick Perry is, in fact, a clueless hayseed reactionary.
The Guardian
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Truthiness, on the other hand, might be.
Wired
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Truthiness: They got 'em on this one.
The Guardian
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But the proper standard is not truth, it's truthiness.
The Irish Times
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The "truthiness" of the matter is that organisers of both events could learn from each other.
The Guardian
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Translations for truthiness
Portuguese
truthiness
Truthiness through the time