Truth

Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, truth is frequently used in the basic sense of "telling or declaring what is the case, or facts of the matter." Truth as used in everyday language is also often used in the sense of "fidelity," or "sincerity" (opposite of falsehood), as in "true to one's word" or "true friends."

The corresponding adjective is "true" and the corresponding verb is "to true."

The term "truth" can also have rhetorical and social dimensions, such as truth to an audience or the social construction of truth. Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood.

The Hebrew word for truth is אמת (emet), which is also the name of a Jewish legal principle that requires a person to tell the truth. In Arabic, truth is الحقيقة (al-ḥaqq), and in German, it is Wahrheit.

Truth is a fundamental concept in philosophy and has been a central subject of study in various fields, including logic, metaphysics, and epistemology. Different philosophical traditions have offered diverse theories about the nature of truth, including correspondence theory, coherence theory, and pragmatic theory. In logic, truth is often linked to the concept of validity, where a statement is considered true if it is logically valid and consistent with known facts.