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half-truth

noun as in generality

noun as in generality

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Example Sentences

“There is so much myth and half-truth wrapped around the A-10,” the official said.

“Putin never directly lies, he just tells half truths and his answer was a half truth,” he said.

To say that he is a terrible actor is to utter a half-truth.

That the government will default once it passes the debt limit is another half-truth, says Gillespie.

If they want to know where I went to school, I can give a half truth and say, “Public school.”

There is nothing so dangerous as a half-truth; it is worse than a whole lie.

The popular notion that unsatisfied desires sooner or later perish of starvation is at best but a half truth.

If he stops there, the matter requires consideration, for a half truth is worse than a whole lie.

She hurried out the half-truth with a curious feeling of guilt.

You are now face to face with the most perplexing of sophistries—the half truth.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to half-truth, such as: cover-up, deceit, deception, dishonesty, distortion, and fabrication.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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