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A fabricated story or statement, especially one intended to deceive

The quality of being false

An erroneous belief, idea, or conception

The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation

An erroneous belief, idea, or conception

An unfair or dishonest account or exposition

Foolish talk or writing

A thing that deceives

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Noun

A fabricated story or statement, especially one intended to deceive

trumped-up story

alternative fact

little white lie

piece of fiction

cock and bull story

flight of fancy

departure from the truth

figment of the imagination

misrepresentation

terminological inexactitude

economy with the truth

conspiracy theory

cock-and-bull story

shaggy-dog story

farfetched story

unbelievable tale

false statement

remarkable story

prepared speech

one for the birds

deviation from the truth

disregard for the facts

mistaken belief

pretentiousness

aggrandizement^US

figure of speech

fictitious story

creative writing

aggrandisement^UK

work of fiction

figment of imagination

works of fiction

work of imagination

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“Their festival of untruths in attempting to dupe international opinion on this issue shocked most objective and reasoned people both in the United States and the world as a whole.”

Noun

The quality of being false

disingenuousness

misrepresentation

misunderstanding

misinterpretation

terminological inexactitude

economy with the truth

pretentiousness

duplicitousness

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

being two-faced

false profession

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“The more a fact is tweaked, the closer it edges toward untruth - and the more likely it is that people will be led to false conclusions.”

Noun

An erroneous belief, idea, or conception

misinterpretation

misapprehension

misunderstanding

mistaken belief

misconstruction

false impression

erroneous belief

wrong end of the stick

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

specious reasoning

unsound reasoning

overgeneral reasoning

twisting the facts

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Noun

The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation

scandalmongering

misrepresentation

character assassination

malicious gossip

defamation of character

misrepresentation of character

false accusation

smear campaigning

scandalous remark

false insinuation

false imputation

whispering campaign

rumormongering^US

rumourmongering^UK

back-fence talk

malicious statement

backhanded compliment

stigmatization^US

public humiliation

stigmatisation^UK

libellous statement

blot on the escutcheon

slanderous statement

underestimation

malicious rumours

malicious rumour

verbal disapproval

verbal onslaught

rap over the knuckles

intimate intelligence

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Noun

An erroneous belief, idea, or conception

misapprehension

false impression

mistaken impression

fool's paradise

castles in Spain

castles in the air

old wivesʼ tale

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

misconstruction

mistaken belief

figment of the imagination

optical illusion

will-o'-the-wisp

virtual reality

figment of imagination

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Noun

An unfair or dishonest account or exposition

misrepresentation

not a true picture

misinterpretation

misconstruction

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Noun

Little lie

harmless untruth

little white lie

mental dishonesty

suggestio falsi

trivial untruth

well-intentioned untruth

Noun

Foolish talk or writing

stuff and nonsense

thoughtlessness

unintelligible language

obscure language

meaningless talk

incoherent talk

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

public speaking

flowery language

extravagant language

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Noun

A thing that deceives

underhandedness

monkey business

misrepresentation

sanctimoniousness

disingenuousness

trumped-up story

unscrupulousness

pharisaicalness

terminological inexactitude

piece of fiction

treacherousness

little white lie

smoke and mirrors

alternative fact

double-crossing

departure from the truth

false profession

cock and bull story

flight of fancy

stab in the back

figment of the imagination

breach of trust

sleight of hand

breach of faith

pretentiousness

untrustworthiness

lack of veracity

prestidigitation

ambidextrousness

false-heartedness

self-righteousness

every trick in the book

duplicitousness

misleading talk

misbehaviour^UK

surreptitiousness

double entendre

quibbling routine

economy with the truth

conspiracy theory

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

misappropriation

telling stories

unrepresentativeness

dishonourableness

specious reasoning

artful argument

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

remarkable story

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

prepared speech

trahison des clercs

palace intrigue

being two-faced

act of disloyalty

bait and switch

one for the birds

cock-and-bull story

act of treachery

beating about the bush

conjuring tricks

pussyfooting around

confidence trick

false information

bending of the truth

misleading information

crocodile tears

optical illusion

inaccurate news

media manipulation

propagandizing^US

ambiguous statement

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

conjuring trick

dishonest dealings

propagandising^UK

being on the take

finding a way round

disinformation campaign

lying under oath

wilful falsehood

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

deviation from the truth

disregard for the facts

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

false statement

making false statements

violation of an oath

affected superiority

double standard

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