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prevarication
Overview of noun prevarication
The noun prevarication has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. lie, prevarication -- (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)
2. equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness -- (intentionally vague or ambiguous)
3. lying, prevarication, fabrication -- (the deliberate act of deviating from the truth)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prevarication
3 senses of prevarication
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
=> untruthfulness
=> dishonesty
=> unrighteousness
=> immorality
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> ambiguity, equivocalness
=> unclearness
=> incomprehensibility
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun prevarication
2 of 3 senses of prevarication
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
=> fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
=> jactitation
=> whopper, walloper
=> white lie
Sense 3
lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> fibbing, paltering
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prevarication
3 senses of prevarication
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
Sense 2
equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
=> untruthfulness
=> ambiguity, equivocalness
Sense 3
lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
Antonyms of noun prevarication
Member Holonyms of noun prevarication
Substance Holonyms of noun prevarication
Part Holonyms of noun prevarication
Member Meronyms of noun prevarication
Substance Meronyms of noun prevarication
Part Meronyms of noun prevarication
Meronyms of noun prevarication
Holonyms of noun prevarication
Attributes of noun prevarication
Derived Forms of noun prevarication
3 senses of prevarication
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
RELATED TO>(verb) prevaricate#1
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
Sense 2
equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
RELATED TO>(verb) prevaricate#1
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
Sense 3
lying, prevarication, fabrication
RELATED TO>(verb) prevaricate#1
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
Domain of noun prevarication
Domain Terms of noun prevarication
Familiarity of noun prevarication
prevarication used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun prevarication
3 senses of prevarication
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> dodge, dodging, scheme
=> lie, prevarication
=> fabrication, fiction, fable
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> contradiction, contradiction in terms
Sense 2
equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
> untruthfulness
=> equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
=> insincerity, falseness, hollowness
=> mendacity
> ambiguity, equivocalness
=> equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
=> polysemy, lexical ambiguity
=> twilight zone, no man's land
Sense 3
lying, prevarication, fabrication
> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> equivocation, tergiversation
=> lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Meronyms of noun prevarication
3 senses of prevarication
Holonyms of noun prevarication
Grep of noun prevarication
prevarication
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