post-truthism

post-truthism (uncountable)

1. (politics, neologism) Post-truth; the normalization of misinformation, lies, and "alternative facts" in society.
   • 2020 July 10, Ezra Klein, “Masha Gessen on the frightening fragility of America's political institutions”, in Vox‎:

     In this episode of The Ezra Klein Show, we discuss […] whether George W. Bush was a more damaging president than Donald Trump, the counterintuitive roots of Trumpian post-truthism, and much more.

   • 2022 February 22, Moisés Naím, “The Dictator's New Playbook”, in Foreign Affairs‎:

     But the post-truthism that the new autocrats are so apt at employing goes far beyond fibbing: it denies the existence of a verifiable reality. Post-truthism is not chiefly about getting lies accepted as truths but about muddying the waters to the point that it becomes difficult to discern the difference between truth and falsehood.

   • 2022 September 4, Garfield Higgins, “Divisions, misinformation, and disinformation”, in Jamaica Observer‎:

     Manipulative populism is a predatory ideology. Its prey is ignorance. Well-thinking folks must expose post-truthism for what it is — lies. There are no such things as "alternative facts", as Kellyanne Conway, former counsellor to president of the United States of America Donald Trump espoused.