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# truthfulness

«truthfulness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being honest and always telling the truth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (truthfulness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Truthfulness is being honest and always telling the truth. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «truthfulness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truthfulness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.