We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
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Distortion
Synonyms for "distortion" (333 found)
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Closest matches (67)
Noun(22 words)
deformationtwistingaberrationartefactartefactsartifactartifactsbendingbiasbias the databias the resultsbiasesbone deformationbucklingconfoundingcontortioncontortionscorruptingcrookednessdeformation behaviors
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aberrancyaberrationabnormalityabstractionismabuse of termsanamorphosisapparent soundnessasymmetrybad likenessbirdiesbirthmarkblackheadblebblemishblisterbloopingblurpingbotchbucklebulla
Adjective(2 words)
audio artifactdeformational response
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (100)
Noun(19 words)
deformitiesdegradationdeviancedimension changedisfigurementdisfigurementsdistort the factsdistorted shapeeccentricityfalsificationforeshorteninggeometric distortionhighly biasedimage distortion artifactimbalanceimpuritiesinterferencekinkingmangling
deformitydelusiondeviancydeviationdiffractiondiffusiondisfigurationdisfigurementdisingenuousnessdispersiondisproportioneisegesisequivocalnessequivocationerrancyerroneousnesserrorevasive reasoningexaggerationexpressionism
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fallaciousnessfallacyfalse coloringfalse swearingfalsehoodfalsenessfalsificationfalsifyingfalsityfaultfaultinessfeedbackflawflawednessflectionflexureflutterflutteringfrecklegarblingglossgnarlhamartiahemangiomaheresyheterodoxyhickeyhissinghowlinghumhyperboleillusionimbalanceinaccuracyinjusticeinsincerityirregularityjesuitismjesuitrykeloidkinkknotlentigolielitotesmalconformationmalentendumalformationmalobservationmiliummisapplicationmisapprehensionmiscitationmiscoloring
Verb(3 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (166)
misconceptionmisconstructionmisdoingmisdrawingmisexplanationmisexplicationmisexpositionmisfeasancemisintelligencemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmispaintingmisquotationmisreadingmisrenderingmisreportmisrepresentationmisshapemisstatementmisteaching
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mistranslationmisunderstandingmisuse of wordsmolemotorboatingmystificationneedle scarnevusnonrealismobfuscationobscurantismoverdrawingoverstatementoversubtletyparodypeccancyperjuryperversionphilosophismpimplepitplausibilityplausiblenesspockpockmarkport-wine markport-wine stainprevaricationpustulequirkrationalizationrefractionriftrumblescabscarscatterscratchscratchingscrewscribblesebaceous cystself-contradictionshreddingsinsinfulnessskewnessslantingsophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnesssplitsquealsquealssqueezingstaticstrainingstrawberry markstysubtletytorsiontorturingtracktravestyturntwisttwistingunderstatementunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessverrucavesiclevicious circlevicious reasoningwalewarpwartwealweltwenwhistlewhistleswhiteheadwoompingwowwowwowswrenchwrenchingwrestwringwrongwrongness
Noun(39 words)
misinterpretingmisrepresentationmistakingnoiseoptical aberrationoverdriveoverrefinementoversimplificationoversimplifyingoverstatementsperturbationsperversionspervertingpuckeringreality distortionshape changeshape deformationsignal alterationskewskewing
Verb(3 words)
Determiner(2 words)
more metal-deformationmost colonial artifact
Adjective(3 words)
nonlinear deformationstructural deformationtrue representation
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More general
18 entriesacoustic phenomenonalterationchangedamagedeceptionelectrical phenomenonerrorfalsificationfaultformharmimpairmentmisrepresentationmistakeoptical phenomenonquality change
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More specific
9 entriesaliasingchart distortionclippingdata distortiondeformationharmonic distortionstatistical distortiontwistingwarping
Collocations
6 entriesdata distortiondistortion of factsgeometric distortionimage distortionoptical distortionsound distortion
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
It's a gross distortion of the truth.
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Magical are the straight lines in how they perturb the curved ones, aggravate their distortion and make them look more zigzagged, revealing their deceptive appearance.
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"I think perfection is ugly", he said. "Somewhere in the things that humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."
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Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.