selective truth
Partial disclosure tactic
Selective truth is information that's technically accurate but misleading because it omits relevant context or contradictory facts.
Someone telling selective truths cherry-picks details that support their position while leaving out what doesn't: His account was selective truth—everything he said happened, but he left out his own role in starting the fight.
The phrase implies deliberate manipulation rather than innocent oversight.
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- omissionFailure to include
- cherry-pickingChoosing only supporting examples
- picking and choosingSelective acceptance of options
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
distortion · bias · propaganda · manipulation · whitewash · sugarcoating · deception · slant · filtered · curated · agenda · narrative · framing · cover-up · evasion · dodge · varnish · gloss
- manipulation tacticsgaslighting, guilt trip, guilt-tripping, guilt tripping, emotional blackmail
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- propagandapropaganda, brainwashing, disinformation, misinformation, indoctrination
selective truthfull disclosure
Withholding no information
the whole story · nothing but the truth · unvarnished truth · the whole truth · whole truth
selective truthstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
candor · forthrightness · brutal honesty · telling it like it is · plain dealing
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