truthinessn.

Brit.

/ˈtruːθɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈtruθinᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truthy adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < truthy adj. + -ness suffix.

colloquial.

1. Truthfulness. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun]

soothfastnessc825

trutha1450

fidelity1534

verity1565

veracity1623

truthfulness1647

veritableness1664

veridicalness1727

tell-truth1744

truthiness1832

veraciousness1860

veridicalitya1901

veridicity1937

1832 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 272 Truthiness is a habit, like every other virtue.

1844 J. J. Gurney Let. 5 Aug. in J. B. Braithwaite Mem. J. J. Gurney (1854) II. xliv. 433 I have been struck with the truthiness which is so evident in their [sc. the Scriptures'] apparent contradictions.

1916 Billboard 4 Nov. 18/2 The phrase [sc. ‘we all live on the same street’]..caught the ear..because of its aptness and the thoroughly Americanized ‘catch’ truthiness of it.

1960 Rural India Feb. 55/1 Even as early as 1949, the Congress Agrarian Reforms Committee, presided over by no less a veteran of Gandhian truthiness than Dr. J. C. Kumarappa, testified to such ills besieging the tenancy structure.

2. Chiefly U.S. The quality of appearing to be true while not actually or necessarily being so; the fact or quality of accepting or presenting something which is not true as the truth. First used by United States humorist Stephen Colbert and often used in allusion to this: see quot. 2005¹.

ΚΠ

2005 Colbert Rep. (transcript of TV programme) 17 Oct. in nofactzone.net (O.E.D. Archive) The Truthiness is anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you.

2005 Boston Globe 19 Oct. f5/1 ‘Truthiness’, which refers to the approximation of truth.

2008 Times 18 Apr. 19/5 By relying on truthiness, she managed to get her view of the world consistently, vividly and hilariously wrong.

2013 New Yorker 11 Mar. 76/3 Another toweringly talented actress who insisted on bare truth, not truthiness, in her performances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	truthiness
释义	truthinessn. Brit. /ˈtruːθɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtruθinᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truthy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < truthy adj. + -ness suffix. colloquial. 1. Truthfulness. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] soothfastnessc825 trutha1450 fidelity1534 verity1565 veracity1623 truthfulness1647 veritableness1664 veridicalness1727 tell-truth1744 truthiness1832 veraciousness1860 veridicalitya1901 veridicity1937 1832 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 272 Truthiness is a habit, like every other virtue. 1844 J. J. Gurney Let. 5 Aug. in J. B. Braithwaite Mem. J. J. Gurney (1854) II. xliv. 433 I have been struck with the truthiness which is so evident in their [sc. the Scriptures'] apparent contradictions. 1916 Billboard 4 Nov. 18/2 The phrase [sc. ‘we all live on the same street’]..caught the ear..because of its aptness and the thoroughly Americanized ‘catch’ truthiness of it. 1960 Rural India Feb. 55/1 Even as early as 1949, the Congress Agrarian Reforms Committee, presided over by no less a veteran of Gandhian truthiness than Dr. J. C. Kumarappa, testified to such ills besieging the tenancy structure. 2. Chiefly U.S. The quality of appearing to be true while not actually or necessarily being so; the fact or quality of accepting or presenting something which is not true as the truth. First used by United States humorist Stephen Colbert and often used in allusion to this: see quot. 2005¹. ΚΠ 2005 Colbert Rep. (transcript of TV programme) 17 Oct. in nofactzone.net (O.E.D. Archive) The Truthiness is anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you. 2005 Boston Globe 19 Oct. f5/1 ‘Truthiness’, which refers to the approximation of truth. 2008 Times 18 Apr. 19/5 By relying on truthiness, she managed to get her view of the world consistently, vividly and hilariously wrong. 2013 New Yorker 11 Mar. 76/3 Another toweringly talented actress who insisted on bare truth, not truthiness, in her performances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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