mistruth

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ truth. Cognate with Middle High German missetriuwede.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈtɹuːθ/

Noun

mistruth (countable and uncountable, plural mistruths)

1. Untruth; falsehood.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 81:

     In my brief stay in Johannesburg, I had left a trail of mistruths and, in each case, the falsehood had come back to haunt me.

2. A statement which, while technically true, is dishonestly misleading. (Can we add an example for this sense?)