What is another word for misrepresents?

Pronunciation: [mɪsɹˌɛpɹɪzˈɛnts] (IPA)

Misrepresent is a term that refers to the act of presenting something in a false or dishonest way. In other words, it means to provide a distorted representation of reality. Synonyms for misrepresent include the terms falsify, distort, misstate, exaggerate, and deceive. All of these words reference the act of presenting something in a way that is not truthful or accurate. Whether it is a story or an opinion, misrepresenting something can have serious consequences. By using such words, we can more accurately describe the actions of those who engage in this behavior and help to hold them accountable for their actions.

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    • Verb, 3rd person singular present
      distorts.

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Usage examples for Misrepresents

But if my son misrepresents me, what can I expect from others?"
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Were I called to prove my assertion that the Doctor misrepresents, I could do so, by his own letters to my husband, and my father, now in my possession, and by letters Mr. Field had from him while I was in the Asylum.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
"If it had been those foolish cabinet affairs I should have been disgusted, but the really nice woman,-as father describes her,-and he never misrepresents,-gives a slightly different face on it.
"The Come Back"
Carolyn Wells

Famous quotes with Misrepresents

  • S. J. Gould’s is a paleontologist's distorted view of what psychologists think, untutored in even the most elementary facts of the science. Gould is one of a number of politically motivated scientists who have consistently misled the public about what psychologists are doing in the field of intelligence, what they have discovered and what conclusions they have come to. Gould simply refuses to mention unquestionable facts that do not fit into his politically correct version; he shamelessly attacks the reputations of eminent scientists of whom he disapproves, on completely nonfactual grounds, and he misrepresents the views of scientists.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • In general the claim can be supported that a view of classical political economy as committed to extreme laissez-faire or unmitigated economic individualism misrepresents or at the very least analytically overgeneralizes their circumscribed theoretical and practical aims. In general then, with regard to both political and economic liberty, the classical political economists might be seen to be united in their efforts to theorize and systematize the productive and allocating functions of the mechanism of the market as the most efficient means to engender the growth of wealth. At the same time, classicals such as Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, and Mill recognized that the market, of necessity, operated in a larger context of restriction – not only legal, but equally as important, within political, religious, moral, and conventional restrictions – which could not be readily or in some cases even desirably overcome.
    Shannon C. Stimson
  • [Aristotle] totally misrepresents Plato's doctrine of "Ideas." … It is also pertinent to inquire, what is the difference between the "formal cause" of Aristotle and the archetypal ideas of Plato? … Yet Aristotle is forever congratulating himself that he alone has properly treated the "formal" and the "final cause"!
    Aristotle

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