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ring of truth en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) The impression of being truthful; especially of a statement or literary work; verisimilitude.
   • Some stories have rings of truth in them. It has been claimed that the faeries have gone away as humanity developed his technology and polluted his air, water, and soil. 2018, David Miner, The Edge of the Circle:
   • As the rest of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring of truth of any film about railways. 1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 89:
   • Merchant Opold: This one promised compensation for services rendered. It humbly suggests that a sum of 250 credits would be most appropriate. Shepard: Would you have had any chance of getting this past customs without me? You can be a bit more generous. Merchant Opold: The other's words possess the discomforting ring of truth. Merchant Opold: This one could raise the sum to 500 credits. That is half this one's profit taken by the other. It can offer no more. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
   • I am too well accustomed to the taking of evidence not to detect the ring of truth. 1874, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 20, in Opening a Chestnut Burr:
   • It is fiction. But it has the absolute ring of truth. 2006 February 20, “Verbatim”, in Time:
   • She could hear the ring of truth in young Dawnish's voice. 1908, Edith Wharton, The Pretext:
   • At first I wasn't even sure I could believe the story, but I later felt it had a ring of truth to it.
   • The same concept is true with events also ... they have rings of truth. 2011, Linda Duquesne, Night of a Thousand Dreams, Mystical Experiences and Other Common Occurrences, page 77:

Forms

Relateds

truthiness

Synonyms

believability · credibility · ring of authenticity

Translations (2)

fi todelta kuulostava (impression of being truthful) · cmn 真實性 /真实性 (impression of being truthful)