misleadingness
Quality of deceiving
The quality of being misleading—tending to create false impressions or lead toward wrong conclusions.
Unlike outright falsehood, misleadingness often involves technically true statements arranged to deceive: The ad's misleadingness lay in what it didn't say.
The word is clunky but useful when you need a noun for this slippery quality.
Lack of precision
- falsityState of being incorrect
- untruthfulnessDisposition toward false statements
- erroneousnessState of being incorrect
- fallacyError in reasoning
misinformation · spuriousness · speciousness · bogusness · counterfeit · fabrication · invention · fiction
False or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
obfuscation · duplicity · deceitfulness · prevarication · equivocation · sophistry · spin · misdirection
Quality of misleading others
- illusorinessQuality of deceiving perception
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- seemingAppearing to be
- semblanceOutward but misleading appearance
trompe-l'oeil · optical illusion · facade · veneer · simulacrum · chimera · phantasm · delusion
Intentional deception for gain
- charlatanismFraudulent claim to skill
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
- impostureDeception through false identity
- swindlingFraudulent taking of money
con artistry · scam · flimflam · snake oil · Ponzi · bait-and-switch · hustle · grift
inaccuracy
Lack of precision
- falsityState of being incorrect
- untruthfulnessDisposition toward false statements
- erroneousnessState of being incorrect
fallacy · misinformation · spuriousness · speciousness · bogusness · counterfeit · fabrication · invention · fiction · myth
misrepresentation
False or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
manipulation · obfuscation · duplicity · deceitfulness · prevarication · equivocation · sophistry · spin · misdirection · dissembling
deceptiveness
Quality of misleading others
- illusorinessQuality of deceiving perception
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- seemingAppearing to be
semblance · trompe-l'oeil · optical illusion · facade · veneer · simulacrum · chimera · phantasm · delusion · false impression
fraudulence
Intentional deception for gain
- charlatanismFraudulent claim to skill
- quackeryFraudulent medical practice
- impostureDeception through false identity
swindling · con artistry · scam · flimflam · snake oil · Ponzi · bait-and-switch · hustle · grift · racket
misleadingnessaccuracy
Degree of correctness
truthfulness · correctness · veracity · reliability · faithfulness
misleadingnessclarity
State of being understandable
transparency · straightforwardness · lucidity · plainness · explicitness
misleadingnesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
trustworthiness · forthrightness · candidness · candor · integrity
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