English words for 'Alternative form of post-truth.'
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noun
adj
noun
noun
noun
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
- (games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
- (countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- conformity to reality or actuality
- a fact that has been verified
- a true statement
- the quality of being near to the true value
verb
noun
adj
adv
noun
- A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
- (medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
- (linguistics) The quality of a particular vowel sound.
- (professional wrestling slang) To bleed, either through injury or blading. Usally prefaced with "get".
- (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
- A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
- (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- A paint.
- (music) Timbre, often in relation to orchestration.
- (figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
- (finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- (in the plural) Gang insignia.
- (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
- (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.
- (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
- An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
- (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
- (mining) Gold, particles of gold found when prospecting.
- (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
- (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
- (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
- (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
- interest and variety and intensity
- any material used for its color
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- the timbre of a musical sound
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
- (mathematics, graph theory) To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.
- (transitive) To give something color.
- (transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
- (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- (informal) To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).
- To affect without completely changing.
- (linguistics, usually of a phoneme) To affect the quality of a speech sound, especially a vowel.
- decorate with colors
- change color, often in an undesired manner
- add color to
- affect as in thought or feeling
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- modify or bias
verb
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
- be resistant to
- be in contradiction with
- To be contrary to (something).
- To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
- (reflexive) To say things that conflict with each other.
- To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
verb
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- be in contradiction with
- To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
- (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
- To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
noun
- a misleading falsehood
- the quality of being fraudulent
- the act of deceiving
- (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
- An act of deceiving someone.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
- An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
noun
- a misleading falsehood
- a willful perversion of facts
- (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
- Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
- Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
noun
- A misrepresentation of the truth.
- An act of distorting.
- (optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
- A result of distorting.
- Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
- An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- a shape resulting from distortion
- a change for the worse
- a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
verb
- To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
- (subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- (informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
- Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
- simple past of shall
- (formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
- To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
- (formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
- Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
- In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
- Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
noun
adv
- in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- in actual fact
- used to give emphasis
- in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
- (informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).
- (modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.
- (literal) In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
intj
- (informal, by extension) A phatic confirmation by a listener, to signal active listening; mostly devoid of literal meaning, with the phatically contrived incredulity being merely formulaic.
- (informal) Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement.
- (informal, sarcastic, typically exaggerated question.) Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity
- (informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.
- (informal, chiefly US) Indicating affirmation, agreement.
verb
noun
- An assertion of untruth.
- (logic) The negation in logic.
- Refusal to believe that a problem exists.
- (psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
- A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired.
- A disownment or disavowal
- Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.
- Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.
- the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
- the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
- renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
adv
adj
noun
noun
adj
noun
noun
noun
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
- (games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
- (countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- conformity to reality or actuality
- a fact that has been verified
- a true statement
- the quality of being near to the true value
verb
noun
adj
adv
noun
- A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
- (medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
- (linguistics) The quality of a particular vowel sound.
- (professional wrestling slang) To bleed, either through injury or blading. Usally prefaced with "get".
- (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
- A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
- (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- A paint.
- (music) Timbre, often in relation to orchestration.
- (figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
- (finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- (in the plural) Gang insignia.
- (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
- (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.
- (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
- An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
- (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
- (mining) Gold, particles of gold found when prospecting.
- (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
- (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
- (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
- (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
- interest and variety and intensity
- any material used for its color
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- the timbre of a musical sound
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
- (mathematics, graph theory) To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.
- (transitive) To give something color.
- (transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
- (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- (informal) To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).
- To affect without completely changing.
- (linguistics, usually of a phoneme) To affect the quality of a speech sound, especially a vowel.
- decorate with colors
- change color, often in an undesired manner
- add color to
- affect as in thought or feeling
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- modify or bias
noun
- a misleading falsehood
- the quality of being fraudulent
- the act of deceiving
- (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
- An act of deceiving someone.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
- An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
noun
- a misleading falsehood
- a willful perversion of facts
- (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
- Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
- Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
noun
- A misrepresentation of the truth.
- An act of distorting.
- (optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
- A result of distorting.
- Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
- An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- a shape resulting from distortion
- a change for the worse
- a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
noun
- An assertion of untruth.
- (logic) The negation in logic.
- Refusal to believe that a problem exists.
- (psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
- A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired.
- A disownment or disavowal
- Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.
- Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.
- the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
- the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
- renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
verb
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
- be resistant to
- be in contradiction with
- To be contrary to (something).
- To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
- (reflexive) To say things that conflict with each other.
- To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
verb
- deny the truth of
- prove negative; show to be false
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- be in contradiction with
- To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
- (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
- To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
verb
- To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
- (subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- (informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
- Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
- simple past of shall
- (formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
- To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
- (formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
- Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
- In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
- Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
noun
adv
- in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- in actual fact
- used to give emphasis
- in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
- (informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).
- (modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.
- (literal) In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
intj
- (informal, by extension) A phatic confirmation by a listener, to signal active listening; mostly devoid of literal meaning, with the phatically contrived incredulity being merely formulaic.
- (informal) Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement.
- (informal, sarcastic, typically exaggerated question.) Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity
- (informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.
- (informal, chiefly US) Indicating affirmation, agreement.