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truthtelling

truthtelling is the alternative form of truth-telling.

Meaning of truth-telling

Noun

truth-telling (uncountable)

  1. The act of telling the truth.
    • Or would he sharpen his rapier wit enough to do what I think he does best: hilarious social-political truth-telling that hits its targets and avoids the punching-down cheap shots against groups that are least able to defend themselves — such as transgender folks, the target that sparked protests?2022 November 19, Clarence Page, “Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs”, in Chicago Tribune

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Forms of truthtelling

comparativemore truthtelling
superlativemost truthtelling

Questions about truthtelling

What is truthtelling the alternative form of?
Truthtelling is the alternative form of truth-telling.

Words near truthtelling in the dictionary

  1. truthsman
  2. truthsmen
  3. truthsome
  4. truthteller
  5. truthtellers
  6. truthtelling
  7. truthward
  8. truthwards
  9. truthy
  10. truti
  11. trutination

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Adapted from Wiktionary: truthtelling (page history and authors); truth-telling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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