noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized B&L
Etymology: translation of German grosse lüge
: untruth on a large scale consciously used as a propaganda technique on the assumption that it is more likely to compel belief than untruth on a modest scale
noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized B&L
Etymology: translation of German grosse lüge
: untruth on a large scale consciously used as a propaganda technique on the assumption that it is more likely to compel belief than untruth on a modest scale
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012