Hypernyms for "misrepresentation"
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Hypernyms
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bill of goods
blind
deceit
deception
dissembling
dissimulation
distortion
duplicity
equivocation
evasion
exaggeration
fabrication
facade
feigning
fraudulence
half-truth
hanky panky
hocus-pocus
humbug
jiggery-pokery
lying
magnification
overrefinement
overstatement
pretence
pretense
prevarication
skulduggery
skullduggery
slickness
snake oil
snow job
straining
subterfuge
tergiversation
torture
trickery
twisting
window dressing
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.