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non-fact
noun[ C or U ]
(alsononfact)uk /ˌnɒnˈfækt/ us /ˌnɑːnˈfækt/
something that is said to be a fact but for which no proof exists or about which there is no information:
The claims were shown to be based on a number of non-facts.
It has become difficult to distinguish fact from non-fact.
This non-fact was popularized by some 19th-century historians.
A critical approach is required as even some experts may inadvertently present a nonfact as a fact.
They challenged the non-fact that she had been abroad at the time.
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