half-truth

1. 1.

   a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead

   Broadermisrepresentation

Questions about half-truth

What does half-truth mean?

half-truth means "a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead".

How many syllables are in half-truth?

half-truth has 2 syllables and divides as half--truth under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is half-truth a common word?

half-truth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.