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The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality.

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Actuality 76% connected

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.

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Truth 76% connected

The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

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False 66% connected

Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

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False 66% connected

Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

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True 66% connected

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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True 66% connected

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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Trueness 92% connected

The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.

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Truth 92% connected

The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Falseness 94% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Falseness 94% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Actual adjective · 78% connection

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivabl…

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Allow verb · 78% connection

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the tr…

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Axiom adjective · 78% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Belief noun · 78% connection

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal…

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Disputation verb · 78% connection

The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal cont…

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Documentation noun · 78% connection

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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Examine verb · 78% connection

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry…

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Existent adjective · 78% connection

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people, not ghosts"; "a film b…

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Existential operator noun · 78% connection

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

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Existential quantifier noun · 78% connection

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts the existence of at least one thing for which the proposition is true

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Fact noun · 78% connection

Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

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Faith noun · 78% connection

The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and ear…

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Indeed adverb · 78% connection

In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Den…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

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Lemma noun · 78% connection

a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

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Maxim noun · 78% connection

An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage;…

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Negation noun · 78% connection

(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

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Paradox noun · 78% connection

A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; th…

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