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truthism

truthism noun: a belief in the importance of truth and objective facts.

Noun

truthism (countable and uncountable, plural truthisms)

  1. (uncountable) A belief in the importance of truth and objective facts.
    • What have the people of God to fear? Truthism will always stand; that which is the work of God the Eternal Spirit, experimentally wrought in the soul in regeneration, in the day of God's power, for the Lord is ever mindful of the beauty of Israel.1851, Joseph Irons, Zion has nothing to fear from Popery, page 4
    • She [Liz Cheney] stands, she says, for truthism in the Republican Party, not Trumpism.2021 May 18, Vanessa Friedman, “Liz Cheney: The Model of a Modern Never-Trumper”, in New York Times
  2. (derogatory, uncountable) Trutherism; the beliefs of conspiracy theorists.
    • (title)2011 March 1, Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Mainsteaming of 9/11 Truthism”, in The Atlantic
    • I concede that not every technology has been good for mankind, but one would expect someone of Pastor Chris' calibre to at least do his homework before spewing 5G truthism and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.2020 April 9, Abimbola Adelakun, “Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has made history”, in The Punch
  3. (countable, nonstandard) A truism; something commonly accepted to be true.
    • Let's be honest: there have been times when labor unions and environmentalists have disagreed. This is no secret, and it's become one of those larger-than-itself DC truthisms.2015 June 12, May Boeve, Hector Figueroa, “TPP is a disaster for workers and our climate”, in The Hill
    • Mindy Lahiri is never one to mince words, and most of the things that come out of her mouth are rife for a gospel. But her sheer overwhelming emotion at her doughnut craving is one of the truthiest truthisms she's ever truthed. Preach, girl.2016 June 3, Seija Rankin, “It's National Doughnut Day, so Let's Relive the Best Doughnut Moments in Pop Culture”, in E! Online

Examples of truthism in a sentence

  • QAnon, flat Earth, and 9/11 truthism are already divided by heretics and factionalism.2022 April 21, Trevor Quirk, “Nobel Literature Laureate Alexievich Backs 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory”, in Guernica Magazine:
  • For those worried the footage shown was pre-rendered "gameplay" (a long-abused industry truthism far worse than Microsoft's recent fib), rest easy.2020 May 11, Phillip Tinner, “The Ascent Shows Off Next-Gen Gameplay After Lackluster Xbox Showcase”, in Screen Rant:

Forms of truthism

pluraltruthisms

Origin of truthism

From truth + -ism.

Words formed from truthism

Questions about truthism

What does truthism mean?
Truthism means a belief in the importance of truth and objective facts.
How do you use truthism in a sentence?
QAnon, flat Earth, and 9/11 truthism are already divided by heretics and factionalism.
What part of speech is truthism?
Truthism is a noun.
What is the plural of truthism?
The plural of truthism is truthisms.

Words near truthism in the dictionary

  1. truthifies
  2. truthify
  3. truthifying
  4. truthiness
  5. truthing
  6. truthism
  7. truthisms
  8. truthless
  9. truthlessly
  10. truthlessness
  11. truthlike

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