Word info

suppressio veri

Noun

Meaning

suppressio veri (plural suppressiones veri)

A misrepresentation of the truth by the omission or suppression of certain key facts; a lie of omission. Compare suggestio falsi.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I am well aware that the path of the biographer is beset with pitfalls, and that, for him, suppressio veri is almost necessarily suggestio falsi - the least omission may distort the whole picture. Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

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