twisting
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
:
distorsión
- There was a lot of twisting in the media about the events that really took place.
The intentional twisting of factual information into a narrative, that is.
- The intentional twisting of factual information into a narrative, that is.
- This is where some go as far in twisting Kennedy's line and suggesting ask not what capitalism can do for you.
- The denials, the gaslighting, the twisting, the truth, all of that.
Examples
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The intentional twisting of factual information into a narrative, that is.
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Your distortion of the historic events and twisting of the facts to suit your revisionism is nothing new.
Blog text (18) -
Unfortunately, there are no signs of recovery, despite the hype and the twisting of numbers in many media reports.
Blog text (8) -
I would like to protest the counsel's twisting of words.
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"But with a little word-twisting, we can use his remarks to support our position."
Fiction book (1992) -
"We are speaking out against deceit, lies, and twisting of the truth, and turning us into folklore-for-profit.
Blog text (26) -
Jake Epp, one of the most prominent members of the Special Joint Committee, denounced the blatant rebuff of the Committee's conclusions and the twisting of their recommendations for purely political purposes.
Academic text (2005) -
The politician's twisting of the facts angered many voters.
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His twisting of the truth made it difficult for people to trust him.
Synonyms
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5.5
Getting someone to do what you want to help yourself using clever or dishonest actions
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5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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7.5
A statement that gives false information about something
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7.4
Actions that hide the truth by making things look better
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8.7
Making something unclear or hard to understand on purpose
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4.3
A trick that makes something look like real magic
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7.7
A change that makes a person's mind and values become twisted
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6.3
An invented story or plan made to trick people
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9.9
To avoid telling the truth by being vague or misleading
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5.7
Making facts or numbers seem better than they are
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9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
Presenting words or facts so they lose their original meaning
Tricky or dishonest actions used to confuse people and gain advantage
A dishonest change of facts or numbers to hide the truth
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
Compounds
How Misleading
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twisting comes from the old English word twist, which meant 'to turn' or 'to bend'. A helpful way to remember the sense of 'twisting' that means changing facts is to imagine someone turning a sentence until its meaning bends away from the truth.