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Vinony

truthfulness

noun

  1. degree to which statements are true
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Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuθfəlnəs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English truthful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English truthfulness From truthful + -ness.

  1. The quality of being truthful.

    “Many hard-working students, alive to the deficiencies of this kind of romance-writing, have grown to distrust not only all historical writing that is romantic, but all historical writing that is vivid. They feel that complete truthfulness must never be sacrificed to color.”