About The Word Misrepresentation
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Misrepresentation
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What's The Definition Of Misrepresentation?
[n] a misleading falsehood
Synonyms | Synonyms for Misrepresentation: deceit | deception Related Terms | Find terms related to Misrepresentation: canard | coloring | confabulation | corruption | distortion | equivocation | exaggeration | false coloring | false swearing | falsehood | falsification | falsifying | falsity | fib | lie | miscoloring | misconstruction | misdirection | misinterpretation | misstatement | misuse | perjury | perversion | prevarication | slanting | story | straining | tale | torturing | untruth See Also | blind | dissembling | duplicity | equivocation | evasion | exaggeration | facade | false statement | falsehood | falsity | feigning | fraudulence | half-truth | hanky panky | hocus-pocus | jiggery-pokery | magnification | overstatement | pretence | pretense | skulduggery | skullduggery | slickness | snow job | subterfuge | trickery | untruth | window dressing Misrepresentation In Webster's Dictionary \Mis*rep`re*sen*ta"tion\, n.
Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or
account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as,
a misrepresentation of a person's motives. --Sydney Smith.
Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of
intentional untruth.
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