tergiversación

f.

misrepresentation, distortion of meaning, distortion, prevarication.

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tergiversación

► nombre femenino

1 distortion, twisting

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SF distortion

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femenino distortion, twisting

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= misrepresentation, perversion, whitewashing, distortion.

Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.

Ex. In my opinion this approach is incorrect, and the use of computers to speed up and perpetuate outdated systems is a perversion of technology.

Ex. Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.

Ex. To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

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femenino distortion, twisting

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= misrepresentation, perversion, whitewashing, distortion.

Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.

Ex: In my opinion this approach is incorrect, and the use of computers to speed up and perpetuate outdated systems is a perversion of technology.

Ex: Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.

Ex: To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

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tergiversación

feminine

distortion, twisting

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tergiversación sustantivo femenino distortion, misrepresentation: lo que han publicado es una tergiversación de sus declaraciones, they've misrepresented his declaration in the published reports
'tergiversación' also found in these entries:
English:
perversion
- distortion

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tergiversación nf

distortion

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tergiversación

f distortion, twisting

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tergiversación nf, pl -ciones : distortion