Conformity+to+fact+or+reality

  • 11truth — [[t]truθ[/t]] n. pl. truths (trootz, trooths). 1) the true or actual state of a matter: to tell the truth[/ex] 2) conformity with fact or reality; verity: to check the truth of a statement[/ex] 3) a verified or indisputable fact, proposition,… …

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  • 12truth — noun /t͡ʃɹuːθ/ a) The state or quality of being true to someone or something; faithfulness, fidelity. Truth to ones own feelings is all important in life. b) Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy …

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  • 13truth —    Conformity to fact or actuality. Veracity. Being in accord with fact or reality. Expressing integrity. Truth is a comprehensive term that in all of its nuances implies accuracy and honesty. Verisimilitude is the quality of having the… …

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  • 14Truth — For other uses, see Truth (disambiguation). Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy, François Lemoyne, 1737 Truth has a variety of meanings, such as the state of being in accord with fact or reality …

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  • 15truth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Conformity to fact Nouns 1. truth, fact, reality; verity, gospel, authenticity; plain, unvarnished, sober, or naked truth, matter of fact; the Gospel or naked truth; the truth, the whole truth and… …

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  • 16Knowledge — • Knowledge, being a primitive fact of consciousness, cannot, strictly speaking, be defined; but the direct and spontaneous consciousness of knowing may be made clearer by pointing out its essential and distinctive characteristics Catholic… …

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  • 17truth — I noun accuracy, actuality, authenticity, candor, conformity to fact, correctness, exactness, fact, genuineness, honesty, integrity, precision, probity, realism, reality, right, sincerity, veracity, veritas, verity associated concepts:… …

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  • 18verity — [ver′ə tē] n. [ME verite < OFr verite(t) < L veritas, truth < verus, true: see VERY] 1. conformity to truth or fact; truth; reality 2. pl. verities a principle, belief, etc. taken to be fundamentally and permanently true; a truth; a… …

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  • 19Edgar Allan Poe — Infobox Writer name = Edgar Allan Poe caption = This daguerreotype of Poe was taken in 1848 when he was 39, a year before his death. birthdate = birth date|1809|1|19|mf=y birthplace = Boston, Massachusetts United States deathdate = death date and …

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  • 20veracity — I noun accuracy, actuality, artlessness, authenticity, candidness, candor, conformity to fact, correctness, credibility, exactitude, exactness, factualness, faithfulness, frankness, genuiness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, integrity,… …

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