distorted
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- adjective
- /dɪˈstɔrtɪd/
- Money dysmorphia is when you are unhappy with your own financial situation because you have a distorted view of your finances.
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Watch on YouTubeSo many people want to believe in a distorted version of karma, right?
- So many people want to believe in a distorted version of karma, right?
- You build that and if you watch the news, they'll become more distorted 'cause it's, yeah.
- So the paper clip story is the distorted version of itself that ended up more viral.
- And the narcissistic people also often hold some distorted beliefs about the world.
- I am saying that with you being clear, you can see how distorted their behaviour and responses are.
- He and ally spread distorted reports inviting chaos if Harris wins the race.
- We seek it, we're watching for, and our perceptual system becomes distorted.
- I think that the ideal of what a woman has to be or can be is very distorted by pornography.
- They start to be have a distorted view of who is doing the wrong things in the world and then also distrust.
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I think that the ideal of what a woman has to be or can be is very distorted by pornography.
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We talk about cognitive behavioral therapy and distorted thinking and perception.
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And it gives you a distorted vision of reality.
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Then there are other things that were distorted when they started writing it down.
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So the more input that you get, the more distorted things become.
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But again, the definitions have gotten sort of distorted, I think, right?
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We're living in this distorted culture of accumulation instead of contribution.
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And generally speaking, there's a kind of consensus among scholars that it may be a a weirdly distorted shadow or representation of a scholar.
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Many news articles provide a distorted view of the events that occurred last year.
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She realized that her memories of the incident were distorted by years of reflection.
Synonyms
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Giving a wrong idea that makes people believe false things
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Changed on purpose to make people believe something untrue
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A file or text changed by errors so it no longer works
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Changed so the original meaning is no longer true
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Shown in a false way that gives people the wrong idea
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Etymology
Distorted comes from Latin parts dis- ('apart') and torquere ('to twist'), the same root you find in contort. So when information is distorted it is like the truth has been 'twisted apart', which can make it wrong or misleading.