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1. truths

   Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences.Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood. The concept of truth is discussed and debated in various contexts, including philosophy, art, theology, and science. Most human activities depend upon the concept, where its nature as a concept is assumed rather than being a subject of discussion; these include most of the sciences, law, journalism, and everyday life. Some philosophers view the concept of truth as basic, and unable to be explained in any terms that are more easily understood than the concept of truth itself. Most commonly, truth is viewed as the correspondence of language or thought to a mind-independent world. This is called the correspondence theory of truth. Various theories and views of truth continue to be debated among scholars, philosophers, and theologians. There are many different questions about the nature of truth which are still the subject of contemporary debates, such as: the question of defining truth. If it is even possible to give an informative definition of truth. Identifying things are truth-bearers and are therefore capable of being true or false. If truth and falsehood are bivalent, or if there are other truth values. Identifying the criteria of truth that allow us to identify it and to distinguish it from falsehood. The role that truth plays in constituting knowledge. And if truth is always absolute, or if it can be relative to one's perspective.

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1. Truths

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1. truthsnoun

   Plural noun of the word truth.

   The equation in Science contained some basic known truths that needed to be redefined as the facts and science of the Universe was changing so quickly.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 2, 2016  

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1. struth

2. 'struth

3. thrust

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TRUTHS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TRUTHS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of TRUTHS in a Sentence

1. Thomas Jefferson:

   We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed;

2. Meg Oliver:

   And we have to do it understanding -- and to the point of the spirit of you raising it, and the way you did -- it is in our collective best interest to speak these truths, to acknowledge what happened, to acknowledge then the vestiges of it that remain because they do. To get to a place where we can heal and we can be better. And I believe that is going to have to be about leadership -- that one is to your point -- not stoking the racism, the anti-Semitism, the white supremacy that we have been seeing because that is happening, i know we are better than this, I believe that. But we will not achieve our true strength as a country if we fail to acknowledge the truth and speak it and recognize what must be done to address it.

3. Canada Mary May Simon:

   These are uncomfortable truths, and often hard to accept. But the truth also unites us as a nation, brings us together to dispel anger and despair, and embrace justice, harmony and trust instead.

4. James Baldwin:

   Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.

5. Clifton Fadiman:

   There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truths
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TRUTHS