post-truth

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Beyond or superseding the importance of truth.

2. 2

   Pertaining to an era or situation when truth is no longer significant, relevant, or…

   Pertaining to an era or situation when truth is no longer significant, relevant, or expected.

3. 3

   Uncaring or disregarding factual accuracy.

   • He is, he claims, post-God, post-reality, post-truth, post-meaning, post- history, post-world, post-Western […]
   • Victims or exiles should not repeat any longer what everybody already knows in the new 'post-truth' world order – that they are among numerous contemporary victims of war crimes and military violence […]
   • Clearly quite a lot of journalism is post-truth . . . More important, perhaps, is journalism's post-truth tendency . . . to make no propositions for which there is a possible 'true/false' response.
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   1. 4

      The fact or state of being post-truth

      The fact or state of being post-truth; a time period or situation in which facts have become less important than emotional persuasion.

      • Post-truth has also been abetted by the evolution of the media.

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