truth claim

American  

noun

Pragmatism.

1. a hypothesis not yet verified by experience.

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Example Sentences

That truth claim reads almost identically to the one that introduces “American Hustle,” which was inspired by the Abscam scandal, a bizarre episode dating back to 1978 involving corrupt American politicians, fake Arab sheikhs and a con man enlisted by the F.B.I.

From New York Times

The dissenting patient assumed that spirit animals were folklore; you, for all I know, may accept their agency as a truth claim.

From New York Times

One series of books, which includes "Coronavirus 101: Everything You Should Know to Avoid Illness and Protect Yourself from the Wuhan 2020 Outbreak" and "Coronavirus and Face Masks: The Truth," claim to be co-authored by a Dr. Zoe Gottlieb.

From Salon

Now let’s make a big, improvable, subjective truth claim: “Woman” has a more interesting range of inventory, aesthetically speaking, in its room than “man” does.

From Slate

What was equally encouraging, he could now, in real truth, claim being employed in a diplomatic capacity.

From Project Gutenberg