What does distortion mean?
Distortion means An act of distorting..
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/dɪsˈtɔːʃən/ · noun
An act of distorting..
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.
Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.
This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.
Use distortion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Distortion means An act of distorting..
Common synonyms include deformation, disfigurement, aberration, straining.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The story he told was a bit of a distortion.
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