hidden truth
Concealed actual reality
A hidden truth is something factual or real that has been concealed, suppressed, or not yet discovered.
The phrase often carries conspiratorial or revelatory overtones—someone is keeping the hidden truth from you, or you're about to uncover it: The documentary claims to expose the hidden truth about the pharmaceutical industry.
It can also describe uncomfortable realities people avoid acknowledging: The hidden truth is that most startups fail.
- secretConcealed information
- dirty secretConcealed shameful information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
skeleton in the closet · unveil · buried · buried alive · expose · uncover · whisper · deception · mask · beneath · cover up · under wraps · shadow · cryptic · reveal · smoke and mirrors · confession · disguise
- mysteryclue, detective, suspect, clues, sleuth
- plot twistsplot twist, twist ending, surprise ending, unexpected turn, final reveal
- thrillerssuspense, thriller, nail-biter, page-turner, cliffhanger
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
hidden truthpublic knowledge
Facts anyone can access
common knowledge · open secret · plain truth · naked truth · self-evident truth
hidden truthpropaganda
Biased information for influence
cover story · whitewash · spin · gaslighting
hidden truthparty line
Official political position
conventional wisdom · public record · company line · received wisdom
hidden, hide, hides, hider, hiding, hiddenness, unhidden, truth, true