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prevarication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | equivocation, evasiveness |
| Type of | ambiguity, equivocalness, untruthfulness |
| Derivation | prevaricate |
prevarication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fabrication, lying |
| Type of | falsification, misrepresentation |
| Has types | fibbing, paltering |
| Derivation | prevaricate |
prevarication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lie |
| Type of | untruth, falsehood, falsity |
| Has types | fib, white lie, jactitation, walloper, story, taradiddle, tale, tarradiddle, whopper |
| Derivation | prevaricate |
Examples of prevarication
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Any of those triggers opens up the potential for manipulation or prevarication.
From the bloomberg.com
Some in the White House press corps saw Fleischer as a master of prevarication.
From the washingtonpost.com
But this truce was followed by more parliamentary squabbling and prevarication.
From the economist.com
Book II.3.5 excuses his prevarication on the grounds of his being a professional.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As it stands, the prevarication may have cost the US 0.5 per cent of GDP for 2013.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Butler reported to the Security Council Thursday on Iraq's continued prevarication.
From the time.com
This lying, prevarication and knocking people's heads together is standard practice.
From the time.com
Knowing his penchant for prevarication undermines the impact of some images.
From the nytimes.com
Not once did I feel the slightest hint of prevarication or evasion from Lee.
From the time.com
- Lie: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- Equivocation: intentionally vague or ambiguous
- Lying: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (prevaricate) beat around the bush: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a known untruth expressed as truth.
- Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion; Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness; Evasiveness as a means of playing for time; procrastination, hesitancy
- (prevaricate) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from); To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous; To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate; To collude, as where an informer colludes with ...
