"truehood" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/ [UK] Forms: truehoods [plural]
Etymology: From true + -hood, modelled after falsehood. Compare Middle English treuhede, trewhede (“faithfulness; the quality of being in the right”, literally “true-hood”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|true|-hood}} true + -hood, {{cog|enm|treuhede}} Middle English treuhede Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} truehood (countable and uncountable, plural truehoods)
  1. (countable) a true statement; a truth. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-truehood-en-noun-YCOILzA6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -hood, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -hood: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
  2. (uncountable) the property of being true; truth. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-truehood-en-noun-t--B7cq4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -hood, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -hood: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47

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