mistruth

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪsˈtɹuːθ/

Noun

mistruth (countable and uncountable, plural mistruths)

  1. Untruth; falsehood.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 81:
      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. A statement which, while technically true, is dishonestly misleading. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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