单词 | non-truth |
释义 | > as lemmasnon-truth non-truth n. Brit. , U.S. an untruth; a lie, a falsehood; (also) untruthfulness.ΚΠ 1642 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 44 It was fund nontruth. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xv. 102 They will be sure to vent out some non-truth. 1881 Times 17 Jan. 6/2 Many conventional non-truths (to speak kindly) must..be excused. 1982 I. Asimov Foundation's Edge (1983) xii. 183 To know when a truth will do is admirable, since no nontruth can be presented with the same sincerity. 1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 49/2 He's toying with you, folks, getting you all riled up with a stew of half-truths and non-truths. < as lemmas |
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