aletho-, aleth-

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

Alethea, Alice (proper noun)
A woman's name meaning "truth": Mr. and Mrs. Lawson decided to call their newborn girl Alice, which was close to the meaning of honesty or integrity.
Aletheuontes de en Agape. (Greek motto)
Speaking the truth in love.

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

alethia (s) (noun), alethias (pl)
An inability to forget past events: No matter how much Sophia tried to eliminate the memory of some bad things that happened to her before, her alethias continued to haunt her many times.
alethic (adjective), more alethic, most alethic
Relating to the philosophical concepts of truth and possibility: One important alethic aspect of truth pertains especially to the branch of logic that formalizes them.
alethiology, alethology (s) (noun) (no pl)
The doctrine or science of the nature of truth and evidence: Jack thought that alethiology was fascinating and wanted to learn more about the aspects of reasoning having to do with truth and error.
alethophobia (s) (noun), alethophobias (pl)
An abnormal anxiety about what is true: The politician had an alethophobia regarding whether his opponents would find out where his financial support came from.
Alethopteris (s) (noun) (no pl)
A genus of fossil ferns: The plants of the Alethopteris are found especially in coal formations [literally, having "true ferns"].
alethoscope (s) (noun), alethoscopes (pl)
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens inside a box: The alethoscope, invented in the 1860s, was used to give the objects a natural or realistic appearance.
philalethia (s) (noun) (no pl)
The love of truth; a fondness for truth: Because Megan was quite in favour of philalethia, she only wanted friends who were sincere and honest, and never told lies.
philalethist (fil" uh LEE thist) (s) (noun), philalethists (pl)
A lover of, or a fondness for truth: Tom's grandmother certainly was a philalethist because she always knew when he wasn’t being honest as a child, so she put a great amount of emphasis on being truthful and sincere herself and expected this from others as well.
A person who loves the truth.
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Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: letho-; oblivio-.

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