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词汇 truthiness
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Definition of truthiness in English:

truthiness

noun ˈtruːθɪnəsˈtro͞oTHēnis
mass nouninformal
  • The quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The idea that everybody wears these pins is classic Stephen Colbertian "truthiness" at work.
    • So what about Alessandra Stanley's goof, replacing Stephen Colbert's sublimely silly truthiness with the pedestrian "trustiness"?
    • To use the memorable phrase coined by comedian Stephen Colbert, Web 2.0 sites can all too easily supply "truthiness" rather than truth.
    • It's not as great a made-up word as "truthiness," but I like it.
    • Ideology, or to use Stephen Colbert's term, "truthiness" is ascendant.
    • Yet the insights of science are often counterintuitive, frequently lacking "truthiness."
    • They're rated for truthiness, and there are some fascinating stories.
    • Ideology, or, to use Stephen Colberts term, truthiness, is ascendant, But the best antidote to that is critical reason, something Reedies have in abundance.
    • Basically, we're looking at a case of representativeness - by analogy with truthiness - versus representation.
    • Congress routinely adopts policies that cater to special interests, which are then justified by the sort of smarmy, fact-free spin that the comedian Stephen Colbert has labeled "truthiness."
    • The truthiness hurts, doesn't it kids?
    • The buzzword of the decade is Stephen Colbert's " truthiness ".
    • But nearly all are freighted with a lack of truthiness.
    • Truthiness, recently earned the word of the year award from the American Dialect Society after being popularized by Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.
    • It's easy to see how Stanley accidentally substituted trustiness for truthiness, since it anticipates Colbert's blowhard assertion, "I don't trust books."
    • Doesn't surprise me one bit the "New York Times" hasn't heard of truthiness.
    • For talk show hosts it's "truthiness" rather than truth that counts.
    • Problem is, every time someone brings up those inconvenient facts, you respond with more truthiness.
    • Jon Stewart is not alone in the truthiness business, as his pal Steven Colbert would put it.
    • She speaks truthiness to power and doesn't even know the difference.

Origin

Early 19th century (in the sense 'truthfulness'): coined in the modern sense by the US humorist Stephen Colbert.

Definition of truthiness in US English:

truthiness

nounˈtro͞oTHēnis
informal
  • The quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The truthiness hurts, doesn't it kids?
    • So what about Alessandra Stanley's goof, replacing Stephen Colbert's sublimely silly truthiness with the pedestrian "trustiness"?
    • It's easy to see how Stanley accidentally substituted trustiness for truthiness, since it anticipates Colbert's blowhard assertion, "I don't trust books."
    • Yet the insights of science are often counterintuitive, frequently lacking "truthiness."
    • Doesn't surprise me one bit the "New York Times" hasn't heard of truthiness.
    • Truthiness, recently earned the word of the year award from the American Dialect Society after being popularized by Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.
    • But nearly all are freighted with a lack of truthiness.
    • Basically, we're looking at a case of representativeness - by analogy with truthiness - versus representation.
    • Congress routinely adopts policies that cater to special interests, which are then justified by the sort of smarmy, fact-free spin that the comedian Stephen Colbert has labeled "truthiness."
    • To use the memorable phrase coined by comedian Stephen Colbert, Web 2.0 sites can all too easily supply "truthiness" rather than truth.
    • The buzzword of the decade is Stephen Colbert's " truthiness ".
    • She speaks truthiness to power and doesn't even know the difference.
    • They're rated for truthiness, and there are some fascinating stories.
    • It's not as great a made-up word as "truthiness," but I like it.
    • The idea that everybody wears these pins is classic Stephen Colbertian "truthiness" at work.
    • Ideology, or, to use Stephen Colberts term, truthiness, is ascendant, But the best antidote to that is critical reason, something Reedies have in abundance.
    • For talk show hosts it's "truthiness" rather than truth that counts.
    • Problem is, every time someone brings up those inconvenient facts, you respond with more truthiness.
    • Jon Stewart is not alone in the truthiness business, as his pal Steven Colbert would put it.
    • Ideology, or to use Stephen Colbert's term, "truthiness" is ascendant.

Origin

Early 19th century (in the sense ‘truthfulness’): coined in the modern sense by the US humorist Stephen Colbert.

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