Word

misrepresentation, n.
(misrepresentations)
freq. cnt. 1

a misleading falsehood
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

deceit deception misrepresentation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

misrepresent misrepresent

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

bill of goods humbug, snake oil half-truth facade, window dressing exaggeration, overstatement, magnification snow job pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling subterfuge, blind trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery fraudulence, duplicity evasion, equivocation

hypernym

falsity, untruth, falsehood

a willful perversion of facts
<noun.act>

falsification misrepresentation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

falsify falsify falsify falsify

semantic pointers

hypernym

wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus

hyponym

twisting, distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture equivocation, tergiversation lying, prevarication, fabrication deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation