Fear and Truth

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Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.

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Truth and fear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Truth" instead a noun "Fear".

Truth noun - Agreement with fact or reality.

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Fear and truth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fear" instead a noun "Truth".

pure	pure fear	pure truth
common	common fear	common truth
complete	complete fear	complete truth
original	original fear	original truth
Other adjectives: obvious, simple, actual, real, big, great, little, terrible, horrible, absolute, personal, secret, ultimate, universal, less.

In David Eddings's The Belgariad and The Malloreon, the sorceress Polgara is able to force people to tell the truth by showing them pictures of whatever they fear most.

Source: "What Do They Fear?" Episode
After she dies and Neil learns the truth, he won't come anywhere near Declan for fear of somebody discerning the truth of his parentage.

Source: Literature / Bloodlines
All for Nothing: The three heroes hid the truth about Lehran and Altina's child and its effect on him while forbidding Interspecies Romance out of fear that the truth would spark a new race war.

Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Tellius

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