Dictionary wrong about half-truths.
Dictionary wrong about half-truths.
The definitiono f 'half-truth' in Websters Online site is as follows:
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Half-truth One entry found.
half-truth
Main Entry: half=E2=80=93truth Pronunciation: \-=CB=8Ctr=C3=BCth\
Function:=
noun Date:
1658 1 : a statement that is only partially true 2 : a statement that
mingles truth and falsehood with deliberate intent to deceive
Site Link: July 15, 2008 Websters Defintion of Half-truth - July 15,
2008
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The entry is incomplete, for it fails to acknowledge a half-truth as
being a statment that ignores other truths, however the statement in
question, is true. (It has been suggested that this may be the
'original sin' from biblical story of Adam and Eve."
Research discovered this component to half-truth back in 1994, and you
can see it has not been corrected in all dictionaries. In fact, 'the
logical continuation' of this correction will change the definitions
of 'lie" and "truth."
So be careful, not everything you read is complete, and may be missing
items, im****tant to it....
Is there a 'political agenda' to ignore this dimension of truth.
Caesar J. B. Squitti
http://www.thejesuschristcode.com


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