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untruth

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/

Definition of untruth

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A lie or falsehood.
    “Herald The prince was swept from the sight of the Achaean host—himself, and his ship likewise. ’Tis no untruth I tell.”
    “He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A lie or falsehood.
    “Herald The prince was swept from the sight of the Achaean host—himself, and his ship likewise. ’Tis no untruth I tell.”
    “He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being false; truthlessness.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida.

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