prevarication
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Types & categories
- falsehood hypernym
- taradiddle hyponym
- jactitation hyponym
- whopper hyponym
- white lie hyponym
Related & opposite
- lie derivation
- tergiversate derivation
Sense 2 noun
intentionally vague or ambiguous
Types & categories
- equivocalness hypernym
- untruthfulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- tergiversate derivation
- evasive derivation
Sense 3 noun
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Types & categories
- falsification hypernym
- fibbing hyponym
Related & opposite
- lie derivation
- tergiversate derivation
- manufacture derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lie |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tergiversate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsehood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taradiddle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jactitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whopper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white lie |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tergiversate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | evasive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | equivocalness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | untruthfulness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lie |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tergiversate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | manufacture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsification |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fibbing |