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Alternative fact

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.

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

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alternative, fact.

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

Etymology

This term gained prominence after it was used by Kellyanne Conway in January 2017 and widely repeated in the US media.

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