Truth-telling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Truth-telling is a noun meaning The act of telling the truth.
Meaning
The act of telling the truth.
More Meanings
- Telling the truth; honest, frank.
Example Sentences
Each self-denying single woman, like the heroine of “Some Tame Gazelle,” Pym’s first novel, is deemed “fortunate in needing very little to make her happy,” though the blunt, truthtelling housekeeper generally knows better.
Or would he sharpen his rapier wit enough to do what I think he does best: hilarious social-political truth-telling that hits its targets and avoids the punching-down cheap shots against groups that are least able to defend themselves — such as transgender folks, the target that sparked protests?
Word Forms
- truthtelling
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include truthfulness, truth, truthmaking, tellingness, truthness, trueness.
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