distortion (redirected from barrel-shaped distortion)

distortion noun anamorphosis, camouflage, contortion, convolution, deception, deformation, disguise, disparity, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distortio, embroidery, exaggeration, expansion, false coloring, false conntruction, false copy, false reading, falsification, gloss, illusion, imbalance, irrelation, magnification, misapplication, misconstruction, misdirection, misinformation, misinstruction, misinterpretation, misquotation, misrepresentation, misusage, misuse of words, one-sided conception, one-sided view, overstatement, pravitas, satire, simulacrum, strained sense, stretch, travesty, twist, unlikeness, warped judgment, wrong interrretation

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See also: abuse, artifice, catachresis, color, defacement, difference, error, evasion, exaggeration, fallacy, falsehood, falsification, irregularity, lie, misapplication, misrepresentation, misstatement, misusage, overstatement, parody, propaganda, sophistry, story, travesty