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misrepresentation

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /mɪsˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S R EH2 P R IH0 Z EH0 N T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: mischaracterization, misportrayal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mischaracterization, misportrayal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: falsehood, untruth

2

noun

Meaning 2

Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a willful perversion of facts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: falsification

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus

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

5

noun

Meaning 5

a misleading falsehood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deceit, deception

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: falsehood, falsity, untruth

Narrower terms: 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

History

Etymology

From mis- + representation or misrepresent + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: misreprezentace — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Dutch: verkeerde voorstelling — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Dutch: onjuiste weergave — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Finnish: väärinymmärrys — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Finnish: väärinkäsitys — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • French: image fausse — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • French: déformation — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Galician: terxiversación — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • German: falsche Darstellung — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • German: Falschdarstellung — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • German: Fehldarstellung — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Italian: travisamento — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Latin: calumnia — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Malayalam: തെറ്റായി അവതരിപ്പിക്കൽ (teṟṟāyi avatarippikkal) — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Malayalam: തിരിമറി (tirimaṟi) — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Māori: aweketanga — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Polish: fałszywe przedstawienie — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Polish: wypaczenie — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Polish: zniekształcenie — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Polish: przekręcenie — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Polish: przeinaczenie — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
  • Spanish: tergiversación — erroneous statements, or the act of making these
Real reading context

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