post-fact

American  

[pohst-fakt] / ˈpoʊstˈfækt /

Also post-factual

adjective

1. post-truth.

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

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Etymology

Origin of post-fact

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

Example Sentences

But in this wretched post-fact world, Jeopardy! remains a public bastion of erudition, where knowledge is king and Alex Trebek its humble servant.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2019

No fake news here: California-based Snopes.com and the search for facts in a post-fact world.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2017

The current season follows this pattern while veering into a post-fact world by folding in the ways that truth and achieving justice can be stymied by belief.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2017

Thus, “Art and accuracy in a post-fact world,” the headline on Ann Hornaday’s Dec. 8 Style essay about the movie, was very appropriate.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2016

And I’ll subscribe to a newspaper as one way of resisting efforts to squelch the news media or preside over a post-fact landscape — and also to encourage journalists to be watchdogs, not lap dogs.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2016