Definitions for: Misrepresentation


[n] a misleading falsehood



Webster (1913) Definition: Mis*rep`re*sen*ta"tion, n.
Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or
account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as,
a misrepresentation of a person's motives. --Sydney Smith.

Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of
intentional untruth.

Synonyms: deceit, deception

See Also: blind, dissembling, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, exaggeration, facade, false statement, falsehood, falsity, feigning, fraudulence, half-truth, hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, magnification, overstatement, pretence, pretense, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, snow job, subterfuge, trickery, untruth, window dressing

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