truth-telling
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4.1
- adjective
- /truːθˈtɛlɪŋ/
:
honestidad
- Parents must therefore reward truth-telling, punish deliberate lies, and set an uncompromising example.
Examples
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Other economists might say, you know, to avoid the truth-telling issue, we're just going to take careful estimates.
Blog text (32) -
But where was the glasnost or truth-telling to stop?
Academic text (1991) -
This election will open a floodgate of truth-telling this nation hasn't seen in fifty years or more.
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But anyone who tends to root for arguments based on facts and truth-telling had to be fairly disgusted with both sides this spring.
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Children who don't develop, at an early age, the habit of truth-telling and a sense of shame at telling lies have incredibly difficult lives ahead of them.
Blog text (12) -
A truth-telling friend who sees the relevance of backstory can be doubly useful for narration.
Academic text (2011) -
Bloggers who engaged in this truth-telling movement called these posts "Things I'm Afraid to Tell You," and sifting through some of them has inspired me to reveal even more than I already do.
Blog text (32) -
Romney is a sincere, truth-telling politician, while Obama is a far-left liberal who lies almost as easily as he breathes and has never tried to work with the other side.
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Such a mentality massively militates against self-examination and truth-telling and instead encourages people and groups to conceal their failures or blame them on others.
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The teacher emphasized the importance of truth-telling in building trust among students.
Synonyms
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1.3
Always saying what really happened and not lying
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4.6
Open and honest, telling the truth even when it is hard
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4.9
Ready to talk and share information
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4.0
Showing information or parts that were hidden before
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5.5
Being direct and honest when talking or acting
Tends to reveal information
How Honest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Truth-telling is made of the simple parts truth and telling. Truth is like true meaning 'real' and telling comes from tell meaning 'to say'. So, truth-telling describes someone honest who openly says the facts, even when it is hard.