Meaning of alternative fact | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alternative, fact.

Equivalents

Examples

“They are creating their own⟳ facts, but one need⟳ not be in Government to create⟳ alternative facts.”

“According to Donald Trump we live⟳ in an era of "fake news" where his "alternative facts" should be swallowed whole, and without scrutiny.”

“Prime ministers have⟳ not been immune to spreading alternative facts.”

“― Secretary: Now, I did not mislead you. That was merely an alternative fact.”

“Association of Herpes Viral Infections, Antiherpetic Therapy, and Dementia: Real or Alternative Fact?”

“And when presidential counsellor Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase “alternative facts” a few days after Trump’s inauguration in early 2017, the mendacity of the incoming administration appeared to be all but official.”

“That Newton was an empirical scientist is a fact. An alternative fact is that he was an alchemist.”

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