Definition of TRUTHINESS

truthiness

Meanings

Noun

  • Truthfulness.
  • Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
  • The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context.

Origin / Etymology

From truthy + -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian Stephen Colbert 17 October 2005 on his show The Colbert Report.

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Words With Friends Score: 14

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