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# truthfulness

noun (truthfulness — uncountable)

«truthfulness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Truthfulness is being honest and always telling the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#m1)
2. Truthfulness is how true or accurate something is: they checked the truthfulness of the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and lessons about values, truthfulness is a good quality: the hero tells the truth even when it is hard. In everyday life and news, we check the truthfulness of facts and rumours (safety: not everything online is true). Related: honesty, sincerity.

### Examples

- The teacher praised Sam for his truthfulness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x1)
- Truthfulness is an important part of friendship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x2)
- Reporters must check the truthfulness of every story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x3)
- Grandpa was known for his kindness and truthfulness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x4)
- We can't be sure of the truthfulness of that rumour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x5)
- Truthfulness builds trust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x6)
- The truthfulness and life in this picture interested every one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «a lot of truthfulness». Built from true → truth → truthful → truthfulness. Opposite: untruthfulness, dishonesty.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «truthfulness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«truthfulness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/truthfulness.html) on Mova free.