Misrepresentation synonyms

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untruth
Something untrue; a lie.
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simulation
Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
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barnumism
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counterfeit
Counterfeit is defined as an imitation or forgery.
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truth (antonym)
That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or "˜genuine' reality.
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canard
A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
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mask
A protective covering for the face or head, as a wire screen [fencer's mask] or respirator [gas mask]
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cloak
The definition of a cloak is a long loose fitting piece of clothing worn over other clothes, sometimes with a hood and loose fitting arm holes.
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deceit
A misrepresentation of fact, which, when made with the intention that the other party will rely on it to his detriment, constitutes the torts of fraud or misrepresentation. See also fraud and misrepresentation.
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dissembling
The action of the verb dissemble
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disguise
Disguise is defined as a costume that hides your identity.
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misstatement
A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.
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distortion
A statement that twists fact; a misrepresentation.
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falsification
Showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
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understatement
Restraint in artistic expression.
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overdrawing
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caricature
A picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect
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burlesque
A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
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parody
A literary or musical work imitating the characteristic style of some other work or of a writer or composer in a satirical or humorous way, usually by applying it to an inappropriate subject
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extravaganza
(Music) A composition marked by freedom and diversity of form, often with burlesque elements and satirical or parodic intent.
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imitation
In Aristotelianism, artistic portrayal not as literal copying but as representation of the essential nature of something
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bad likeness
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misconception
A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:
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misunderstanding
A failure to understand; mistake of meaning or intention
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misapplication
The illegal misuse of money or property in lawful keeping.
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misinterpretation
An instance of misinterpreting.
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misguidance
Bad guidance.
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misdirection
(UK, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court
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perversion
An instance of such abnormal activity or behaviour; rape.
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sophistry
(Countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
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phoney
Alternative form of phony.
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honesty (antonym)
Sincerity; fairness; straightforwardness
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candor (antonym)
Kindliness
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deception (related)
Something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud
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lie (related)
The definition of a lie is a false statement.
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chicanery
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
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pretense
The definition of a pretense is a false impression, a false claim or an attempt to make a falsehood appear true.
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cock-and-bull story
An absurd or highly improbable tale passed off as being true.
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falsehood
A false statement; lie
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falsity
(Uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.
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fiction
Works in this category:
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inveracity
Lack of veracity; untruthfulness.
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prevarication
Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
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story
(Chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
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tale
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
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fish story
An exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale.
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tall tale
(Idiomatic) A greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.
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whopper
Something remarkably large
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true (related)
Proper alignment or adjustment:
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dishonesty (related)
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non-disclosure (related)
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illegality (related)
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omission (related)
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mis-statement (related)
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mis-representation (related)
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breach of contract (related)
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mendacity
The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
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feigning
Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.
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lollapalooza
(Informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
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fib
A small or trivial lie
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Misrepresentation Sentence Examples

  • This, however, was a misrepresentation of his words.

  • But we have always to be on our guard against misrepresentation, exaggeration and falsehood.

  • He bore popular abuse and misrepresentation without the slightest murmur or sourness of temper.

  • The picture drawn may be a caricature, or a misrepresentation of the fact - as that of the father of Demosthenes, " blear-eyed with the soot of the glowing mass," &c. - but it is, with rare exceptions, realistically conceived, and it is brought before us with the vivid touches of a Defoe or a Swift, or of the great pictorial satirist of the 18th century, Hogarth.

  • He has been freely charged with gross misrepresentation, an accusation to which he laid himself open, for instance, in the account of the birth of James, the Old Pretender.

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