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truthisms

truthisms is the plural of truthism.

Meaning of truthism

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
  2. (derogatory, uncountable) Trutherism; the beliefs of conspiracy theorists.
    • (title)2011 March 1, Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Mainsteaming of 9/11 Truthism”, in The Atlantic
  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

Questions about truthisms

What is truthisms the plural of?
Truthisms is the plural of truthism.

Words near truthisms in the dictionary

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

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