truthiness
the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.
Rare. truthfulness or faithfulness.
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How to use truthiness in a sentence
truthiness is as truthiness does, and clearly: Acolyte Oren does truthiness very, very well.
Truth, truthiness, in this mass media cacophony we live in, comes up something for grabs.
Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War | Roy Scranton | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd by consumer and supplier agreement, no fact, factoid, or truthiness is too small to register.
Can the Heart and Blood-Pressure Pill Propranolol Cure Racism? | Kent Sepkowitz | March 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRachel B.: Expose truthiness wherever it may be found in the statements of the candidates and the super-PACs.
#ColbertCash: What Should Stephen Colbert Do With His $1 Million in Super-PAC Money? | Brian Ries, Sam Schlinkert | January 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAre we so in thrall to "truthiness" that we need our exorcist movies to be dressed up with the patina of realness, as well?
British Dictionary definitions for truthiness
/ (ˈtruːθɪˌnəs) /
informal (of a belief, etc) the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts
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