MISREPRESENTATION Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word misrepresentation. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MISREPRESENTATION
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deception | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||||
falsification | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something • a willful perversion of facts • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting • the act of determining that something is false | ||||||||
distortion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a change for the worse • a shape resulting from distortion • an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image • a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the mistake of misrepresenting the facts | ||||||||
falsehood | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||||
misconception | nounn | |||||||
noun • an incorrect conception | ||||||||
misinterpretation | nounn | |||||||
noun • putting the wrong interpretation on | ||||||||
misstatement | nounn | |||||||
noun • a statement that contains a mistake | ||||||||
untruth | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false statement | ||||||||
misreporting | nounn | |||||||
verb • To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. noun • Incorrect reporting | ||||||||
deceit | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving |