half-truth

English

Etymology

half- +‎ truth

Noun

half-truth (plural half-truths)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• Half-truths may use various tools, including statistics, unexpected meanings of words, facts taken out of context, or even nonstandard punctuation to corrupt the meaning conveyed by an otherwise true statement. For more information, see Wikipedia's article "Lie".

Related terms

• truth
• true
• anti-truth

Translations

A deceptive statement

• Czech: polopravda f
• Esperanto: duonveraĵo
• German: Halbwahrheit (de) f
• Macedonian: полувистина f (poluvistina)
• Portuguese: meia verdade f, meia-verdade f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: полупра́вда (ru) f (poluprávda)
• Serbo-Croatian: poluistina (sh)
• Spanish: verdad a medias f
• Swedish: halvsanning

See also

• lie
• contextomy
• white lie