Aletho News: About Aletho News’ Name

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

aletho-, aleth- +

(Greek: true; nothing concealed; real)

Alethea, Alice

A woman’s name meaning “truth”.

alethic

Relating to the philosophical concepts of truth and possibility and especially to the branch of logic that formalizes them.

alethiology

1. The science of the nature of truth and evidence.

2. The doctrine of truth; that part of logic that is concerned with truth.

alethology

The study or science of truth.

alethophobia

An abnormal fear of the truth.

alethoscope

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to give the objects a natural or realistic appearance.

philalethia

Loving truth; a fondness for truth.

philalethist

A lover of or a fondness for truth.

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