prevarication

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. intentionally vague or ambiguous
• Syn:
equivocation, evasiveness
• Derivationally related forms:
evasive (for: evasiveness), prevaricate, equivocate (for: equivocation)
• Hypernyms:
untruthfulness, ambiguity, equivocalness
2. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• Syn:
lying, fabrication
• Derivationally related forms:
fabricate (for: fabrication), prevaricate, lie (for: lying)
• Hypernyms:
falsification, misrepresentation
• Hyponyms:
fibbing, paltering
3. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Syn:
lie
• Derivationally related forms:
prevaricate, lie (for: lie)
• Hypernyms:
falsehood, falsity, untruth
• Hyponyms:
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle,
jactitation, whopper, walloper, white lie

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lying, fabrication, equivocation, evasiveness, lie