English noun: prevarication |
1. | prevarication (communication) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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| Synonyms | lie |
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| Broader (hypernym) | falsehood, falsity, untruth |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fib, jactitation, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, walloper, white lie, whopper |
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2. | prevarication (attribute) intentionally vague or ambiguous |
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| Synonyms | equivocation, evasiveness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ambiguity, equivocalness, untruthfulness |
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3. | prevarication (act) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
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| Synonyms | fabrication, lying |
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| Broader (hypernym) | falsification, misrepresentation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fibbing, paltering |
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