distortion

I noun anamorphosis, camouflage, caricature, contortion, convolution, deception, deformation, deformity, disguise, disparity, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distortio, embroidery, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, false coloring, false construction, false copy, false reading, falsification, gloss, hyperbole, illusion, imbalance, irrelation, magnification, misapplication, misconstruction, misdirection, misexplanation, misinformation, misinstruction, misinterpretation, misquotation, misrendering, misrepresentation, mistranslation, misusage, misuse of words, one-sided conception, one-sided view, overcoloring, overstatement, perversion, pravitas, satire, simulacrum, strained sense, stretch, travesty, twist, unlikeness, warped judgment, wrong interpretation II index abuse (corrupt practice), artifice, catachresis, color (deceptive appearance), defacement, difference, error, evasion, exaggeration, fallacy, falsehood, falsification, irregularity, lie, misapplication, misrepresentation, misstatement, misusage, overstatement, parody, propaganda, sophistry, story (falsehood), travesty