misrepresentationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌmɪs.rep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.rep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/something that misrepresents an idea, situation, or opinion, or the fact of something being misrepresented:
The documentary was a misrepresentation of the truth and bore little resemblance to actual events.
The MP laughed off the remarks as media misrepresentation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- flimflam
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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