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Synonyms for half-truths
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : haf-trooth, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˌtruθ, ˈhɑf- |
Top 10 synonyms for half-truths
Définition of half-truths
Origin :- 1650s, from half + truth.
- As in white lie : noun little lie
- As in generality : noun vague notion
- This was half true, and like all half-truths, was particularly calculated to deceive.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- We are compelled to see that their systems were only plausible, that their truths were but half-truths.
- Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang
- Let us not play with a situation that is too serious for half-truths.
- Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson
- This is a half-truth, and like all half-truths it conceals a most dangerous fallacy.
- Extract from : « The Alien Invasion » by William Henry Wilkins
- The prophet will be a prophet of half-truths, because the whole truth will not be popular.
- Extract from : « The Earl of Beaconsfield » by James Anthony Froude
- Why should I read this man's weak efforts—what profits me that man's half-truths?
- Extract from : « The Journal of Arthur Stirling » by Upton Sinclair
- If you are the first man you see but half-truths and you hate your enemies.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Arthur Stirling » by Upton Sinclair
- She condescended to no subterfuges, no half-truths, no beatings about the bush.
- Extract from : « What a Man Wills » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Only let us keep it supplied with the truths of the study, and not with the half-truths of the forum.
- Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by Henry James
- Partial truths, half-truths, little bits of the great question.
- Extract from : « Ask a Foolish Question » by Robert Sheckley
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