Misrepresentation
[,mɪsreprɪzen'teɪʃn] or [,mɪsrɛprɪzɛn'teʃən]
Definition
(n.) Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives.
Checker: Truman
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Misstatement, falsification.
Checker: Olivier
Examples
- Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I recognize that the red herring is more often frivolous and personal--a matter of misrepresentation and spite--than an honest attempt to enlarge the scope of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Such misrepresentations cannot be allowed by us. Plato. The Republic.
- And shark-headers is open to misrepresentations. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Antony