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Mistruth

//mɪsˈtɹuːθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Untruth; falsehood. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    A statement which, while technically true, is dishonestly misleading. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From mis- + truth. Cognate with Middle High German missetriuwede.

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