J. Pharoah Doss: Swearing to tell the “post-truth”

In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary’s international word of the year was “post-truth.” The term prioritizes what psychologists refer to as “emotional truths”—what one “feels” is true or “wishes” to be true—over reality as it is. The term is usually associated with the phrase “post-truth politics,” which lacks a clear definition but is constantly demonstrated nonetheless. 
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