truthiness
quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true
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truthiness
Summary
truthiness ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- truthiness is credited with the discovery of Stephen Colbert[2].
- truthiness's image is recorded as Truthiness comic.jpg[3].
- truthiness's subclass of is recorded as appeal to emotion[4].
- truthiness's subclass of is recorded as intuition[5].
- truthiness's Commons category is recorded as Truthiness[6].
- truthiness's opposite of is recorded as critical thinking[7].
- truthiness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09sgyq[8].
- truthiness's spoken text audio is recorded as Truthiness.ogg[9].
- truthiness's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/truthiness[10].
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Works and Contributions
truthiness is credited with the discovery of Stephen Colbert[2].
Why It Matters
truthiness ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[1] truthiness has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] truthiness is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]