study of truth (noun)

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• veracity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See truth. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Honesty] Syn. truth, truthfulness, trustworthiness, integrity, honor, honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, openness, fidelity, probity, plain dealing,… …   English dictionary for students

• verisimilitude — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plausibility, appearance, likelihood; see truth 1 . See Synonym Study at truth . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. realism, appearance of reality, appearance of truth, truth, credibility, belie vabilility. III (Roget s… …   English dictionary for students

• verity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. truth, verisimilitude, actuality; see reality 1 . See Synonym Study at truth . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. truth, reality, actuality. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Correspondence with fact or truth: accuracy,… …   English dictionary for students

• knowledge — noun Etymology: Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen Date: 14th century 1. obsolete cognizance 2. a. (1) the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• semantics — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1893 1. the study of meanings: a. the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• rhetoric — noun 1) a form of rhetoric Syn: oratory, eloquence, command of language, way with words 2) empty rhetoric Syn: bombast, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, extravagant language, purple prose; …   Thesaurus of popular words

• semantics — semanticist /si man teuh sist/, semantician /see man tish euhn/, n. /si man tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. Ling. a. the study of meaning. b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form. 2.… …   Universalium