Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesA fear or dislike of the truth; an unwillingness to come to terms with truth or facts.
Is her "official science" fatally smitten with alethophobia?
1875 April, “The Question of Organic Evolution”, in Quarterly Journal of Science, volume 12, page 2023 more examples
If Alethophobia infects even one person, we can never attain universal unity.
2007, Manoucher Parvin, Alethophobia: Fear of Truth : a NovelIt sounds like a rare and serious psychiatric disorder, but I'm betting that two out of three people suffer from alethophobia.
2010, Susan Scott, Fierce LeadershipAnd the root of such blindness, hostility, or indifference, cognophobia, misology (Kant) and "alethophobia” (or rather, fear of correct beliefs), is a past in which interest, interest-driven epistemic desires and interrogative stances have regularly lost out to a variety of practical considerations in particular to fear of unpleasant discoveries.
2016, Leo Zaibert, The Theory and Practice of Ontology, page 258Antonyms: alethophilia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fear or dislike of the truth; an unwillingness to come to terms with truth or facts.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia) + -phobia, equivalent to aletho- + -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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