Definition
A small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.
In Context
- "Even in its moderate form, this argument presupposes that factual elements can be plucked out of panegyric as nuggets of truth isolated from the dross of empty verbiage."
- "This book identifies twelve teachings that sound plausible because they each contain a nugget of truth."
- "Unfortunately, there is a nugget of truth to the notion of black and Hispanic tensions but, like politics, the friction tends to be very local."