falsification

noun

Definition of falsificationnext
as in misrepresentation

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  1. misinformation
  2. distortion
  3. fabrication
  4. lie
  5. exaggeration
  6. falsehood
Noun
  • Coleby Phillips is a reporter at The Arizona Republic focusing on election misinformation.
    Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In 2020, misinformation experts warned that the window between the polls closing and knowing the outcome of the election could provide fertile ground for false narratives to spread and sow doubt about the legitimacy of the election process.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of misinformation
Noun
  • First, the lawmakers wrote, there are cases in which an insurance company revises the damage amounts logged by a field adjuster by more than 90 percent — the type of distortion reported on by the Post and CBS.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Finally, the treble was so smooth and restrained, never straying into sibilance or even a hint of distortion.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of distortion
Noun
  • More than 50% of the car required all new fabrication and rework.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Witches Road Is An Urban Legend The major plot twist of the finale is that the Witches Road is a complete fabrication by Agatha, inadvertently manifested into reality by Billy (Joe Locke).
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of fabrication
Noun
  • And while their relationship is a little cozier these days, the former president had threatened to throw Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg in jail as part of Trump’s lies about election fraud.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Michael Keaton won an Emmy for his portrayal of a widowed doctor in Appalachia who buys into the lies, and eventually becomes a victim of them.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of lie
Noun
  • On the day of what is without exaggeration being called the most consequential election of our time, ignoring political news in favor of watching an antique cheese slicer being restored may seem frivolous.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The broadcast also left out Trump’s gross exaggerations about crime in Aurora, Colorado.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of exaggeration
Noun
  • Domestic terrorism — the use of violence for political ends — has risen dramatically in recent years and is driven largely by partisan falsehoods and lies, a new study says.
    Tribune News Service, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The president also loved anecdotes, continuing to repeat them even when confronted by evidence of their falsehood.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of falsehood
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