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" (246 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (73)
diffusiondisfigurationdisfigurementdisingenuousnessdispersiondisproportiondistorted shapeeisegesisequivocalnessequivocationerrancyerroneousnesserrorevasive reasoningexaggerationexpressionismfallaciousnessfallacyfalse coloringfalse swearing
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falsehoodfalsenessfalsificationfalsifyingfalsityfaultfaultinessfeedbackflawflawednessflectionflexureflutterflutteringfrecklegarblingglossgnarlhamartiahemangiomaheresyheterodoxyhickeyhissinghowlinghumhyperboleillusionimbalanceinaccuracyinjusticeinsincerityirregularityjesuitismjesuitrykeloidkinkknotlentigolielitotesmalconformationmalentendumalformationmalobservationmiliummisapplicationmisapprehensionmiscitationmiscoloringmisconception
Noun(2 words)
Related words (123)
misconstructionmisdoingmisdrawingmisexplanationmisexplicationmisexpositionmisfeasancemisintelligencemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmispaintingmisquotationmisreadingmisrenderingmisreportmisrepresentationmisshapemisstatementmisteachingmistranslation
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misunderstandingmisuse of wordsmolemotorboatingmystificationneedle scarnevusnonrealismobfuscationobscurantismoverdrawingoverstatementoversubtletyparodypeccancyperjuryperversionphilosophismpimplepitplausibilityplausiblenesspockpockmarkport-wine markport-wine stainprevaricationpustulequirkrationalizationrefractionriftrumblescabscarscatterscratchscratchingscrewscribblesebaceous cystself-contradictionshreddingsinsinfulnessskewnessslantingsophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnesssplitsquealsquealssqueezingstaticstrainingstrawberry markstysubtletytorsiontorturingtracktravestyturntwisttwistingunderstatementunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessverrucavesiclevicious circlevicious reasoningwalewarpwartwealweltwenwhistlewhistleswhiteheadwoompingwowwowwowswrenchwrenchingwrestwringwrongwrongness
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13 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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5 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
78 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- деформация noun (result of distorting)
- изкривяване noun (act of distorting)
- изкривяване noun (result of distorting)
- изкривяване noun (noise)
Catalan
3 entries- distorsió noun (act of distorting)
- distorsió noun (result of distorting)
- distorsió noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 形变 noun (result of distorting)
- 扭曲 noun (act of distorting)
- 歪曲 noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
Czech
1 entries- zkreslení noun (result of distorting)
Danish
2 entries- distortion noun (effect used in music)
- fordrejelse, forvridning, forvrængning noun (act of distorting)
Esperanto
1 entries- distordo noun (act of distorting)
Finnish
4 entries- särö noun (effect used in music)
- vääristely noun (act of distorting)
- vääristely noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
- vääristyminen noun (result of distorting)
French
3 entries- distorsion noun (act of distorting)
- distorsion noun (result of distorting)
- distorsion noun (effect used in music)
German
4 entries- Enstellung noun (result of distorting)
- Verdrehung noun (act of distorting)
- Verformung noun (act of distorting)
- Verformung noun (result of distorting)
Greek
4 entries- διαστρέβλωση noun (act of distorting)
- διαστρέβλωση noun (result of distorting)
- διαστρέβλωση noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
- διαστροφή noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
Hungarian
2 entries- eltorzítás noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
- meghamisítás noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
Italian
1 entries- distorsione noun (act of distorting)
Māori
2 entries- hohōtanga noun (noise)
- whakahawenga noun (act of distorting)
Polish
2 entries- dystorsja noun (optics)
- zniekształcenie noun (result of distorting)
Portuguese
4 entries- distorção noun (act of distorting)
- distorção noun (result of distorting)
- distorção noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
- distorção noun (noise)
Romanian
1 entries- distorsiune noun (act of distorting)
Russian
4 entries- дисто́рсия noun (result of distorting)
- дисто́рсия noun (noise)
- дисто́ршн noun (effect used in music)
- искаже́ние noun (act of distorting)
Spanish
2 entries- distorsión noun (act of distorting)
- distorsión noun (result of distorting)
Swedish
4 entries- distortion noun (noise)
- förvränging noun (noise)
- förvrängning noun (act of distorting)
- förvrängning noun (result of distorting)
Ukrainian
1 entries- викривлення noun (misrepresentation of the truth)
Sample 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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