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Eugene

(61,937 posts) Wed Nov 16, 2016, 08:48 AM Nov 2016

'Post-truth' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries

Source: BBC

'Post-truth' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries

16 November 2016 UK

Oxford Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" as its 2016 international word of the year, reflecting what it called a "highly-charged" political 12 months.

It is defined as an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals.

Its selection follows June's Brexit vote and the US presidential election.

Oxford Dictionaries' Casper Grathwohl said post-truth could become "one of the defining words of our time".

Post-truth, which has become associated with the phrase "post-truth politics", was chosen ahead of other political terms, including "Brexiteer" and "alt-right".

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'Post-truth' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries (Original Post) Eugene Nov 2016 OP

It's been long known that people can be swayed by their prejudices (emotions, feelings, etc..) Solly Mack Nov 2016 #1

Solly Mack

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1. It's been long known that people can be swayed by their prejudices (emotions, feelings, etc..)

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 09:33 AM

Nov 2016

easier than you can sway them with facts.

In politics especially, this isn't a new tactic.

Now there is a shorthand word for the successful manipulation of people through their baser natures and fears - than appealing to them with facts and reason. Post-truth.

Progress. (Read that word with a tinge of sarcasm)

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