post-truth
UK/ˌpəʊst ˈtɹuːθ/
post-truth adjective: beyond or superseding the importance of truth.
Adjective
post-truth (not comparable)
- Beyond or superseding the importance of truth.
- Pertaining to an era or situation when truth is no longer significant, relevant, or expected.
- Uncaring or disregarding factual accuracy.
- He is, he claims, post-God, post-reality, post-truth, post-meaning, post- history, post-world, post-Western […]1989, The Month, page 281
- Victims or exiles should not repeat any longer what everybody already knows in the new 'post-truth' world order – that they are among numerous contemporary victims of war crimes and military violence […]1995, Collegium Antropologicum, volume 19, page 20
Noun
post-truth (uncountable)
- The fact or state of being post-truth; a time period or situation in which facts have become less important than emotional persuasion.
- Post-truth has also been abetted by the evolution of the media.2016 September 10, “Art of the Lie”, in The Economist
post-truth meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
post-truth in Tamil
- உண்மைக்கு அப்பால்
post-truth in Indonesian
- post-truth
- pascakebenaran
Examples of post-truth in a sentence
- Clearly quite a lot of journalism is post-truth . . .2001, John Beynon, Masculinities And Culture, →ISBN:
- In Christianity Today, columnist Charles Colson bemoaned our “post-truth society,” which produces liars such as Tawana Brawley, David Brock, and Stephen Ambrose.2003, Craig Detweiler, Barry Taylor, A Matrix of Meanings (Engaging Culture): Finding God in Pop Culture, →ISBN, page 2003:
Forms of post-truth
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Origin of post-truth
From post- + truth.
Words formed from post-truth
- post-truthism
- post-truth politics
Questions about post-truth
- What does post-truth mean?
- Post-truth means beyond or superseding the importance of truth.
- What is post-truth in Tamil?
- Post-truth in Tamil is உண்மைக்கு அப்பால். See Post-truth meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use post-truth in a sentence?
- Clearly quite a lot of journalism is post-truth . . .
- What part of speech is post-truth?
- Post-truth can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce post-truth?
- Post-truth is pronounced /ˌpəʊst ˈtɹuːθ/ (UK).
Words near post-truth in the dictionary
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