half-truth

noun

Etymology

From half- + truth.

Definitions

  1. A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete,…

    A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for half-truth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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