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Synonyms for misrepresentation
mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
misrepresentation, deceit, deceptionnoun
a misleading falsehood
Synonyms:
thaumaturgy, magic trick, trick, deceit, fraudulence, falsification, conjuring trick, dissimulation, conjuration, deception, legerdemain, magic, illusion, dissemblingfalsification, misrepresentationnoun
a willful perversion of facts
Synonyms:
refutation, deceit, disproof, falsification, refutal, deception, falsehood, falsifying
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
misrepresentationnoun
Synonyms:
misstatement, falsification
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
misrepresentationnoun
Synonyms:
falsification, distortion
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "misrepresentation":
distortion, misstatement, deception, misinterpretation, deformation, denaturing, falsehood, denaturation
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2205 | magic | |
#7167 | trick | |
#10309 | distortion | |
#13078 | illusion | |
#15524 | deception | |
#19770 | deformation | |
#29324 | misrepresentation | |
#30154 | deceit | |
#41919 | falsehood | |
#55580 | falsification | |
#58273 | refutation | |
#61152 | misinterpretation | |
#68709 | misstatement | |
#70394 | denaturation | |
#80022 | falsifying | |
#92268 | denaturing | |
#115961 | conjuration | |
#162714 | legerdemain | |
#169441 | dissembling | |
#176365 | dissimulation | |
#234859 | disproof | |
#323539 | fraudulence |
How to use misrepresentation in a sentence?
We promulgated a rule having to do with applications for outside activity — meaning outside income. The rule requires a vote of the commission. But there was no vote on the book deal, in fact it was never presented to us. The staff took the position that no vote of the commission was necessary. I will move tomorrow to rescind the informal opinion, the grounds for rescission on the approval is the material misrepresentation that there would be no state resources used to write the book and effective its publication.
The deeper the dive we take into the Mueller report, were starting to find out some of theconclusions, and actually some of the facts they put forth in there, are a misrepresentation of what we actually know.
That’s an absolute misrepresentation, congress has the power to control all money, whether it comes in by fee, or not.
Obviously there was some confusion, we would not want anyone making a misrepresentation of who they are. To the extent that happened, I am unhappy about that.
If we put too much focus on violations, the danger is it's not just a misrepresentation but can undermine compliance by creating false norms, by saying to us 'if everyone else is going out, if everyone else if breaking the rules, why don't we?'.
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