truthy
- adjective
- /ˈtruːθi/
- Informal
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creíble
- The politician made truthy claims that appealed to the audience's emotions rather than providing solid evidence.
So, yeah, I mean, people love to jump upon these like all or none things, you know, and and they sound truthy.
- So, yeah, I mean, people love to jump upon these like all or none things, you know, and and they sound truthy.
Examples
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Many Americans would acknowledge that we live in a truthy age and that political and public discourse is childish, in a pejorative way.
Academic text (2011) -
In my defense, I can provide peer-reviewed evidence supporting my scientific positions, but all I see are invectives and "truthy" arguments from the anti-Eshoo amendment crowd.
Blog text (28) -
Fox tells them, so they must be at least "truthy."
Blog text (2) -
Of course, you may decide to just pick out one sentence and declare it ignorant or truthy. It's up to you.
Blog text (2) -
I'm picking a fight with Stephen Colbert and truthy politicians.
Academic text (2011) -
While the data seemed truthy, further investigation revealed it lacked proper sources.
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In discussions about climate change, many arguments are truthy but fail to hold up under scientific scrutiny.
Synonyms
129
7.2
Seeming believable but possibly not true
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8.7
Appearing true but actually wrong
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7.5
Seeming to be true but maybe not real
Not supported by facts
Seeming true or like it really happened
Antonyms
Compounds
How Believable
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3.4
267
4.2
129
7.2
- Informal
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3.9
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5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Truthy comes from truth plus the ending -y, meaning 'like' or 'having' truth. People use it to say something seems true or believable even when there is no real proof. So when a story or claim is truthy, it feels 'true' but may not actually be true.