Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

post-truthism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-truthism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Post-truth; the normalization of misinformation, lies, and "alternative facts" in society.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In this episode of The Ezra Klein Show, we discuss […] whether George W. Bush was a more damaging president than Donald Trump, the counterintuitive roots of Trumpian post-truthism, and much more."
"But the post-truthism that the new autocrats are so apt at employing goes far beyond fibbing: it denies the existence of a verifiable reality. Post-truthism is not chiefly about getting lies accepted as truths but about muddying the waters to the point that it becomes difficult to discern the difference between truth and falsehood."
"Manipulative populism is a predatory ideology. Its prey is ignorance. Well-thinking folks must expose post-truthism for what it is — lies. There are no such things as "alternative facts", as Kellyanne Conway, former counsellor to president of the United States of America Donald Trump espoused."

Etymology

From post-truth + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does post-truthism mean?: Post-truth; the normalization of misinformation, lies, and "alternative facts" in society.
Where does post-truthism come from?: From post-truth + -ism.

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