Postfaktisch

Post-truth

Oxford dictionaries' Word of the Year 2016: an adjective defined as [relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief].

See EU referendum in the UK or 2016 US presidential election as illustrative examples.







"I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet." - (Cormac McCarthy: No Country for Old Men)