distortion

noun

1. 1

   An act of distorting.

2. 2

   A result of distorting.

3. 3

   A misrepresentation of the truth.

   The story he told was a bit of a distortion.

   It was not until much later, in Stalin's time, that Marxists came to use 'ideology' to denote all forms of social consciousness, including those that were supposed to present a scientific account of the world, free from mystification and distortion.

   The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.

   Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.

4. 4

   Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.

   This recording sounds awful due to the distortion.

5. 5

   An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.

6. 6

   An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

Forms

plural

distortions