truthiness
[ troo-thee-nis ]
/ ˈtru θi nɪs /
noun
the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.
Rare.
truthfulness or faithfulness.
Words nearby truthiness
truth-condition,
truth-function,
truth-value,
truth-value gap,
truthful,
truthiness,
try,
try line,
try on,
try one's hand,
try one's patience
Example sentences from the Web for truthiness
Truthiness is as truthiness does, and clearly: Acolyte Oren does truthiness very, very well.
Truth, truthiness, in this mass media cacophony we live in, comes up something for grabs.
Fire and Forget: After Homecoming, Veterans Collect Stories of War |Roy Scranton |November 26, 2012 |DAILY BEASTAnd by consumer and supplier agreement, no fact, factoid, or truthiness is too small to register.
Can the Heart and Blood-Pressure Pill Propranolol Cure Racism? |Kent Sepkowitz |March 13, 2012 |DAILY BEASTAre we so in thrall to "truthiness" that we need our exorcist movies to be dressed up with the patina of realness, as well?
British Dictionary definitions for truthiness
truthiness
/ (ˈtruːθɪˌnəs) /
noun
informal
(of a belief, etc) the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts