Distort, Distortion
distort (verb) - present or represent something in an untrue or unclear waydistortion (noun) - when appearance is changed so that it looks bad, not the true way it really looks
cognitive distortions and biases - common patterns of deviation in good judgment that occur in particular situations (See Wikipedia)
a market distortion
a distortion of free capital flow
a slight distortion in our data
the gross distortion of these statistics
rigged prices lead to the dumped surpluses that distort world trade!
threatening court action in ten countries on the grounds that their state energy monopolies distort cross-border competition
no distortion is physically possible
an eerie distortion of the lamplight glowing upon her face
a weirdly distorted gesture that he made with his face
a grotesque distortion
the distortion of carnival mirrors
a distortion so gross that....
a distortion of the image
speech distortion
the lenses of the spectacles we are usually sold may seriously distort the picture we see
distort perceptions
a slight tendency to distort reality
the systematic distortion of reality
if we give you the information, how do you know that we won't distort it?
distortion and lies
deliberately distort
that is a distortion of my true position on this issue
an article in a newspaper that is a distortion of his position on the issue
distort statistics
big unexpected events will distort the statistics
although romanticism can distort the past, there is an even greater trap into which we can fall, cynicism
social evils could distort the child's perception of the world
cognitive distortions
cognitive biases
psychological distortion
some call it a distortion of the truth
just provide a compensating distortion and everything will be ok
public policy locked in distortion and lies
circumlocution and distortion
the less distortion, the better
interestingly, receding objects show considerably less distortion than approaching objects.
a distortion of sizes and shapes
controlling distortion
the absence of distortion
severe distortion
a distortion in what the public here perceives to be the case
guilty of blatant bias and distortion
your subjective distortion is rather the human fulfillment of that reality's essential wholeness
that is a distortion of the real issues
a distortion of the audio
exhibitionism can be seen analogously as a distortion of the phase of normal pretactile interaction
the view that transvestism can be understood as a distortion of erotic target-person preference is consistent with Blanchard's 1989 study
concern with some forms of abuse in other nations had eventually led to a a distortion of American foreign policy priorities during the Carter administration
test-retest reliability procedures were performed to identify possible psychological response distortion.
inefficient and otherwise undesirable distortion of managerial behaviour
the Soviet Union rapidly discovered that its connection with Cuba led to the complication and distortion of its relations with other Latin American nations
quoting fragments of their writings out of context may distort their intention
Example sentences:
* But if we give you the information, how do you know we won't distort it?
* In recent years, however, I have realised that although romanticism can distort the past, there is an even greater trap into which we can fall, cynicism.
* One of the greatest challenges is to convince ourselves and others that the lenses of the spectacles we are usually sold may seriously distort the picture we see.
* The Olympic Games, World Cup football, wars, royal weddings, natural disasters and accidents, could all distort a month's figures.
* Projection is used to distort perceptions in two ways.
* He enjoys his food and wine, but disallows its enjoyment to distort the image which is important chiefly to himself, and then to his public.
* And (b) rigged prices lead to the dumped surpluses that distort world trade; so the goal is to move the EC's intervention prices down towards world-market ones --; down, as a minimum, towards what a truly efficient European farmer can survive on.
* In a surprisingly bold move, Sir Leon is threatening court action by June against governments in ten countries (only Germany and Belgium escape) on the grounds that their state energy monopolies distort cross-border competition in contravention of the EC's founding Treaty of Rome.
* Criticisms of society in the previous century had cleared the path for a vision of childhood as a period of blessed innocence, before social evils could distort the child's perception of the world.
* The German tendency to distort reality.
* The danger in quoting fragments of their writings out of context is that this may distort their intention and produce a static picture.
* An inefficient and otherwise undesirable distortion of managerial behaviour.
* There's a full complement of painting and retouching features, with brush tools and masking options, and filters for controlling colour, distortion, texture, photographic and 3D effects.
* David, I just wanted to say that there's an article in one of er, the newspapers this morning which really is a di distortion of the current Heart's board's position and I just wanted to
* In the 1960s, the Soviet Union rapidly discovered that its connection with Cuba led to the complication and distortion of its relations with other Latin American nations at the same time as it presented them with new opportunities in the region.
