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truehood

UK/ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/

truehood noun: a true statement; a truth.

Noun

truehood (countable and uncountable, plural truehoods)

  1. (countable) a true statement; a truth.
    • “What about disseminating truehoods that also happen to be derogatory?”2011, Robert Littell, Mother Russia
  2. (uncountable) the property of being true; truth.
    • It is part good, part evil, part falsehood, part truehood.1959, Curtis Bok, Star Wormwood, page 56

Forms of truehood

pluraltruehoods

Origin of truehood

From true + -hood, modelled after falsehood. Compare Middle English treuhede, trewhede (“faithfulness; the quality of being in the right”, literally “true-hood”).

Questions about truehood

What does truehood mean?
Truehood means a true statement; a truth.
What part of speech is truehood?
Truehood is a noun.
How do you pronounce truehood?
Truehood is pronounced /ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of truehood?
The plural of truehood is truehoods.

Words near truehood in the dictionary

  1. truefully
  2. truefulness
  3. truehearted
  4. trueheartedly
  5. trueheartedness
  6. truehood
  7. truehoods
  8. trueing
  9. trueish
  10. trueism
  11. trueisms

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