post-truthism
nounEtymology From post-truth + -ism.
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Government, Politics Neologism Post-truth; the normalization of misinformation, lies, and "alternative facts" in society.
- In this episode of The Ezra Klein Show, we discuss […] whether George W. Bush was a more damaging president than Donald Trump, the counterintuitive roots of Trumpian post-truthism, and much more.2020 July 10, Ezra Klein, “Masha Gessen on the frightening fragility of America's political institutions”, in Vox:
- But the post-truthism that the new autocrats are so apt at employing goes far beyond fibbing: it denies the existence of a verifiable reality. Post-truthism is not chiefly about getting lies accepted as truths but about muddying the waters to the point that it becomes difficult to discern the difference between truth and falsehood.2022 February 22, Moisés Naím, “The Dictator's New Playbook”, in Foreign Affairs:
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- Manipulative populism is a predatory ideology. Its prey is ignorance. Well-thinking folks must expose post-truthism for what it is — lies. There are no such things as "alternative facts", as Kellyanne Conway, former counsellor to president of the United States of America Donald Trump espoused.2022 September 4, Garfield Higgins, “Divisions, misinformation, and disinformation”, in Jamaica Observer: