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/dɪstˈɔrʃən/ Listen

noun

Distortion n.

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

A wresting from the true meaning.

The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

(Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

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Etymology of 'Distortion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Distortion" Quotes from Famous Books

... we have for our native land would be good and praiseworthy if it did not degenerate, as we see it does everywhere, into vanity, the spirit of predominance, acquisitiveness, hate, envy, nationalism, and militarism. The monstrous distortion of the patriotic sentiment, which is increasing, is killing off humanity. Mankind is committing suicide, and our age ...

— The Inferno • Henri Barbusse

... these poems Pope was abused in the most unmeasured terms. His work was styled a mere collection of libels; he had no invention except in defamation; he was a mere pretender to genius. His morals were not left unimpeached; he was charged with selling other men's work printed in his name,—a gross distortion of his employing assistants in the translation of the 'Odyssey',—he was ungrateful, unjust, a foe to human kind, an enemy like the devil to all that have being. The noble authors, probably well aware how they could give the most pain, proceeded to attack his family and his distorted person. ...

— The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems • Alexander Pope

... a false syllogism. Your opponent makes a proposition, and by false inference and distortion of his ideas you force from it other propositions which it does not contain and he does not in the least mean; nay, which are absurd or dangerous. It then looks as if his proposition gave rise to others which are inconsistent either with themselves or with ...

— The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Controversy • Arthur Schopenhauer

... know it if it does. Anyhow, it'll live on suppression and distortion and manipulation of news, because it'll have to, if it's ...

— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... scene or scenery; an optical device which gave a distortion to the picture unless seen from a particular point; a relief, modelled to produce ...

— Every Man In His Humor - (The Anglicized Edition) • Ben Jonson

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