Meaning of mistruth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Untruth; falsehood.
   countable, uncountable
2. A statement which, while technically true, is dishonestly misleading.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“In my brief stay in Johannesburg, I had left a trail of mistruths and, in each case, the falsehood had come back to haunt me.”

““The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works: no civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth. And it’s not an American problem. This is not about Russian ads. This is a global problem.””

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