English words for 'Alternative form of truthaphobia.'
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noun
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
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
phrase
- (US, countrified, uncommon) The unvarnished truth about something or someone, especially when stated to a person who does not want to hear or acknowledge it.
- (US, countrified, uncommon) A lesson or instruction about the correct way in which things should be performed, especially when demonstrated through discipline.
noun
adj
noun
- Evasion of the truth.
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
- (law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
- (Ancient Rome, law, historical) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- intentionally vague or ambiguous
noun
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
- The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
noun
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- writing in a fictional form
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
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adj
verb
verb
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
- (intransitive) To come to believe an untruth.
- (intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To be undesirable or unhelpful.
- (intransitive, of an object) To become lost or mislaid.
- (intransitive) To behave in an adulterous manner.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
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.
verb
- challenge the honesty or veracity of
- charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
- bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
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
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
adj
noun
noun
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
noun
noun
adj
noun
- Evasion of the truth.
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
- (law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
- (Ancient Rome, law, historical) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- intentionally vague or ambiguous
noun
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
- The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
noun
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- writing in a fictional form
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
noun
adj
verb
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
- 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
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
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
- 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
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
- (intransitive) To come to believe an untruth.
- (intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To be undesirable or unhelpful.
- (intransitive, of an object) To become lost or mislaid.
- (intransitive) To behave in an adulterous manner.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
verb
- challenge the honesty or veracity of
- charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
- bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.