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half-truth
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Princeton's WordNet
half-truthnoun
a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
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half-truthnoun
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.
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Half-truth
A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth. The statement might be partly true, the statement may be totally true, but only part of the whole truth, or it may use some deceptive element, such as improper punctuation, or double meaning, especially if the intent is to deceive, evade, blame or misrepresent the truth.
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half-truth
A half-truth is a statement that includes some elements of truth but omits others, or exaggerates certain aspects, thereby leading to a deceptive or misleading impression. This is often used as a tactic to conceal the full truth or manipulate opinions and perceptions.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of half-truth in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of half-truth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of half-truth in a Sentence
A half-truth is a whole lie.
Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half.
Despite this backlash, I truly believe I could win this election, but it would be an incredibly divisive election for both the Republican Party and for the people of the 23rd District, many of whom I have not ever represented, the last thing we need is an incredibly negative, half-truth filled media attack funded by millions of dollars of special interest money coming into our community around this issue of guns and violence and gun control.
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