post-fact

[ pohst-fakt ]

/ ˈpoʊstˈfækt /

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adjective

post-truth: We appear to be living in a post-fact society.

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Also post-fac·tu·al

[pohst-fak-choo-uhl] /ˈpoʊstˈfæk tʃu əl/ .

Origin of post-fact

First recorded in 1625–30 in the sense ex post facto; current sense was first recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby post-fact

postern, poster paint, post exchange, postexilian, postexilic, post-fact, post factum, post-fascist, postfeminist, postfix, post-Fordism