misrepresentation

English Thesaurus

1. a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

hypernym	:	actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct,
definition	:	activity that transgresses moral or civil law (noun.act)

hyponym	:	distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting,
definition	:	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (noun.act)

hyponym	:	equivocation, tergiversation,
definition	:	falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language (noun.act)

hyponym	:	fabrication, lying, prevarication,
definition	:	the deliberate act of deviating from the truth (noun.act)

hyponym	:	deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
definition	:	the act of deceiving (noun.act)

2. a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	falsehood, falsity, untruth,
definition	:	a false statement (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	bill of goods,
definition	:	communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	humbug, snake oil,
definition	:	communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	half-truth,
definition	:	a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	facade, window dressing,
definition	:	a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	exaggeration, magnification, overstatement,
definition	:	making to seem more important than it really is (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	snow job,
definition	:	a long and elaborate misrepresentation (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense,
definition	:	pretending with intention to deceive (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	blind, subterfuge,
definition	:	something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery,
definition	:	verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	duplicity, fraudulence,
definition	:	a fraudulent or duplicitous representation (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	equivocation, evasion,
definition	:	a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication)

3. a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

derivation	:	alter, falsify, interpolate,
definition	:	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (verb.change)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

4. a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

derivation	:	belie, misrepresent,
definition	:	represent falsely (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cozen, deceive, delude, lead on,
definition	:	be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

5. a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

derivation	:	alter, falsify, interpolate,
definition	:	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (verb.change)

derivation	:	falsify,
definition	:	falsify knowingly (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

6. a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

derivation	:	belie, misrepresent,
definition	:	represent falsely (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cozen, deceive, delude, lead on,
definition	:	be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)