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truthmaking

truthmaking noun: the determination of the truth of something.

Noun

truthmaking (uncountable)

  1. The determination of the truth of something.
    • On the whole, Dyke’s book is an important contribution to debates about philosophical methodology, truthmaking, and ontology.2008 August 27, Kevin Dewan, “Review of Heather Dyke, Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI

Origin of truthmaking

From truth + making.

Questions about truthmaking

What does truthmaking mean?
Truthmaking means the determination of the truth of something.
What part of speech is truthmaking?
Truthmaking is a noun.

Words near truthmaking in the dictionary

  1. truthlike
  2. truthlikeness
  3. truthly
  4. truthmaker
  5. truthmakers
  6. truthmaking
  7. truthness
  8. truthology
  9. truthophobia
  10. truths
  11. truthsayer

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