distortion

UK /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/ US /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/

noun 5

Definitions

noun

An act of distorting.

A result of distorting.

A misrepresentation of the truth.

The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.

Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.

This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.

An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.

Collocations

(noun.) change in shape/sound

ADJ

severe

slight

inevitable

VERB + DISTORTION

cause, create, lead to

Heat can create significant distortion in plastic containers when they're left in direct sunlight.

avoid

(noun.) changing sth so that it is shown falsely

ADJ

gross, serious

The newspaper's account of the incident was a serious distortion of what actually happened.

deliberate

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of distorting something so it seems to mean somethin

overrefinement
straining
torture
twisting

noun — a change for the worse

deformation

noun — an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens o

aberration

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

reality distortion field

The persuasive ability of a leader or entrepreneur, especially in misleading or convincing others in order to promote a product or service.

I fell silent under her stony glare. I tried to keep going, but I couldn't. Blight had the opposite of a reality distortion field. A reality assertion field.

Example Bank

The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

Wiktionary

The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.

Wiktionary

Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.

Wiktionary

We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.

Tatoeba · #247183

It's a gross distortion of the truth.

Tatoeba · #1479144

"I think perfection is ugly", he said. "Somewhere in the things that humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

Tatoeba · #4208378

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