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单词 economy of truth
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economy of truth
economy of truth n. (also economy with the truth) the presentation of the truth in such a way as to suit particular circumstances; discreditable or expedient reticence; (also) an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > telling of falsehoods, lying
leasingc950
fablinga1300
lyinga1300
menteryc1450
blanching1581
forgery1582
whetstone-leasing1598
Creticism1614
mentition1656
falsehood1662
storytelling1681
mendaciloquencec1710
fibbing1749
economy of truth1796
fibbery1857
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 137 Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever; But..there is an œconomy of truth..a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure that he may speak it the longer.
1872 E. Crapsey Nether Side N.Y. ii. 7 I do not mean to say that without this foundation, we would have only peace, plenty, and virtue, for such a statement would be a most unwise economy of truth.
1892 Times 19 Feb. 3/6 Official answers in the Houses of Parliament show..economy of truth, if of nothing else.
1937 Amer. Math. Monthly 44 140 If Ramanujan's friends assumed that he accepted the conventional doctrines of such a religion,..he was practising a quite harmless, and probably necessary, economy of truth.
1994 ELH 61 926 An individual's projection of honesty..creates more intrigue when it flirts with a certain economy of truth without falling into cultivated dishonesty.
2002 New Yorker 9 Dec. 105/3 After a lot of flimflammery and economy with the truth, Nair managed to cajole completion cash out of a French company.
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