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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

big′ lie′,

Governmenta false statement of outrageous magnitude employed as a propaganda measure in the belief that a lesser falsehood would not be credible.

1945–50

'big lie' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

whacking - whopper - whopping

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as big a lie as/ellipsis
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