Pseudofact

Quick meaning: Pseudofact is a noun meaning Something that seems to be a fact, but is not.

Meaning

Something that seems to be a fact, but is not.

Example Sentences

It is argued that the conclusion of previous research efforts that class voting in Canada is virtually nonexistent is a pseudofact stemming from theoretical and methodological problems.

The film complicates matters by casting Christine Hebert (a sometime underground filmmaker in her own right) as Pizzorno, with Moullet playing himself, thereby juxtaposing pseudofiction with pseudofact in a way that undermines the rhetorical strategies of both, leaving only a sweet, tragicomic pathos as residue.

Word Forms

• pseudofacts

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pseudolaw, illusion, pseudoevidence, pseudologic, pseudogovernment, pseudoinnocence.

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