A true scientist would not distort facts.
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Distort
/dɪˈstɔːt/
Synonyms for "distort" (417 found)
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Verb(26 words)
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Noun(25 words)
adulteratingaffect inferenceaffect memoryaffect recognitionaltered settingsbend plasticbias against evidencebias in measurementbias in researchbias influenced thinkingbias the databias the resultsbiasingbiassingbucklesbullshitscaricaturescaricaturingcolor adjectivecolor indicator
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Noun(38 words)
data misorderdeceivingdeform materialdeformeddeformingdenaturingdisfiguringdistort the factsdomingdupingeditorializingevidence weavingfalsifyingfibsflimflamsforce imbalancefuddlesfudgesfudginggarbling
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Verb(55 words)
miscommunicatemisconceivingmisconstruedmisconstruesmisconstruingmisdirectsmisinformingmisinterpretedmisinterpretsmisleadmisleadsmisphrasedmisquotedmisrepresentmisrepresentedmisrepresentingmisrepresentsmisstatedmisstatesmisstating
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Noun(60 words)
misguidesmisguidingmisinterpretingmisleading examplemisphrasesmisquotesmisreadingmisreport numbersmiswordmiswordingmock descriptormuddle the recordsmungsmurderingmutilatingnoise in dataoiseoversimplifyingpervertingperverts
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5 entriesdistorted imagedistortion of datadistortion of factsdistortion of realitydistortion of the truth
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13 total sentences available.
The truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is.
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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
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