truthy

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈtɹuːθi/

Adjective

truthy (comparative truthier, superlative truthiest)

1. (obsolete) Faithful; true. [19th c.]
2. (US, colloquial) Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts. [from 21st c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 595:

     Historians today point out that each of these ringing assertions was, at best, truthy.

3. (computing, programming) Evaluating to true in a Boolean context.

Synonyms

• faithful, honest
• truthlike, truthful, truthsome, veridical

Antonyms

• (computing) falsy

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