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alternative facts

alternative facts is the plural of alternative fact.

Meaning of alternative fact

Noun

alternative fact (plural alternative facts)

  1. Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.
    • They are creating their own facts, but one need not be in Government to create alternative facts.2017 February 25, R. E. Guyson Mayers, “A GUY"S VIEW: Season of discontent”, in Barbados Advocate
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alternative, fact.
    • That Newton was an empirical scientist is a fact. An alternative fact is that he was an alchemist.

Questions about alternative facts

What is alternative facts the plural of?
Alternative facts is the plural of alternative fact.

Words near alternative facts in the dictionary

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