alternative fact
Noun
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Noun
alternative fact (plural alternative facts)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see alternative, fact
- (politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie. [since the late 2010s]
- Synonyms: counterknowledge
- French: fait alternatif
- German: alternative Fakten
- Italian: fatto alternativo
- Spanish: verdad alterna
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