A half-truth is more pernicious than a lie.
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Half-truth
Synonyms for "half-truth" (20 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 14 languages.
Czech
1 entries- polopravda noun (A deceptive statement)
Dutch
1 entries- halve waarheid noun (A deceptive statement)
Esperanto
1 entries- duonveraĵo noun (A deceptive statement)
Finnish
1 entries- puolitotuus noun (A deceptive statement)
French
2 entries- demi-vérité noun (A deceptive statement)
- semi-vérité noun (A deceptive statement)
German
1 entries- Halbwahrheit noun (A deceptive statement)
Macedonian
1 entries- полувистина noun (A deceptive statement)
Polish
1 entries- półprawda noun (A deceptive statement)
Portuguese
1 entries- meia-verdade noun (A deceptive statement)
Russian
1 entries- полупра́вда noun (A deceptive statement)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- poluistina noun (A deceptive statement)
Spanish
1 entries- verdad a medias noun (A deceptive statement)
Swedish
1 entries- halvsanning noun (A deceptive statement)
Thai
1 entries- ความจริงครึ่งเดียว noun (A deceptive statement)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Everything is a fraud or half-truth.
Source: tatoeba (10888792)
The Minister no doubt would claim that the public has already expressed its opinion by deserting the trains. As we have said before, this is scarcely a half-truth. By and large, where there has been a decline the public has deserted the out-dated trains; [...].
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