plain facts
- truthAccordance with reality
- bareLacking any covering
- honestFree from deception
- realityWhat actually exists
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
blunt · straightforward · raw · unvarnished · hard · cold · stark · simple · brutal · naked · direct · matter-of-fact · candid · clear · undeniable · objective · concrete · harsh
truth/falsity
plain factslies
Deliberate untruths
falsehoods · fabrications · misinformation · disinformation · untruths
clarity/presentation
plain factsembellishments
Decorative extras added on
exaggerations · spin · rhetoric · hyperbole · sugarcoating
objectivity/subjectivity
plain factsopinions
Subjective beliefs or assessments
speculation · conjecture · feelings · beliefs · value judgments