aletho-, aleth- +

(Greek: true; nothing concealed; real [from a-, "no, nothing" and letho-, "forgetfullness, oblivion"])


Alethea, Alice
A woman's name meaning "truth".
Aletheuontes de en Agape.
Speaking the truth in love.

A transliteration of the Greek motto of Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

alethia
An incapacity to forget past events.
alethic
Relating to the philosophical concepts of truth and possibility and especially to the branch of logic that formalizes them.
alethiology
1. The science of the nature of truth and evidence.
2. The doctrine of truth; that part of logic that is concerned with truth.
alethology
The study or science of truth.
alethophobia
An abnormal fear of the truth.
Alethopteris
A genus of fossil ferns, found especially in coal formations [literally, having "true ferns"].
alethoscope
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to give the objects a natural or realistic appearance.
philalethia
Loving truth; a fondness for truth.
philalethist
A lover of or a fondness for truth.

Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: letho-; oblivio-.

Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.


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