Alternative fact

Noun

Definitions

1.NounSomething presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

2.NounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alternative,‎ fact.

"That Newton was an empirical scientist is a fact. An alternative fact is that he was an alchemist."

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