HyperDic: misrepresentation

English > 2 senses of the word *misrepresentation*:
NOUN	communication	misrepresentation, deceit, deception	a misleading falsehood
NOUN	act	misrepresentation, falsification	a willful perversion of facts

misrepresentation > pronunciation
Sounds	mihsreh.prihzehntey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *misrepresentation*: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A misleading falsehood.
Synonyms	deceit, deception
Narrower	bill of goods	communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept / accept something untrue or undesirable
	evasion, equivocation	A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
	exaggeration, overstatement, magnification	making to seem more important than it really is
	facade, window dressing	A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
	fraudulence, duplicity	A fraudulent or duplicitous representation
	half-truth	A partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
	humbug, snake oil	communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
	pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling	pretending with intention to deceive / deceive
	snow job	A long / long and elaborate misrepresentation
	subterfuge, blind	Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
	trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery	verbal / verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Broader	falsehood, falsity, untruth	A false statement
Spanish	decepción, engaño, fraude, impostura, mentira, tergiversación
Catalan	engany, farsa, frau, mentida
Verbs	misrepresent	represent falsely
Verbs	misrepresent	tamper, with the purpose of deception

English > *misrepresentation*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	A willful perversion of facts.
Synonym	falsification
Narrower	deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation	The act of deceiving / deceiving
	distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting	The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
	equivocation, tergiversation	falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
	lying, prevarication, fabrication	The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Broader	wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus	Activity that transgresses moral or civil law
Spanish	desfiguración, falsedad, falsificación
Catalan	falsedat, falsificació

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