87 entries under lie topic. ×

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distortion(noun, dishonesty, error, story)
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misstatement(noun, trick, true, sham)
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tall tale(noun, expression, informal, true)
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fable(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy)
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sham(noun, trick, informal, deception)
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dissimulation(noun, division, dishonesty, fraud)
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erroneousness(noun, correct, deception, true)
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fallaciousness(noun, story, falseness, untruth)
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fraud(noun, deception, dishonesty, story)
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inveracity(noun, practice, true, dishonesty)
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myth(noun, literature, mistake, nonfiction)
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tall story(noun, expression, literature, nonfiction)
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untruthfulness(noun, line, practice, deception, true)
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yarn(noun, literature, line, nonfiction)
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canard(noun, report, line, claim, true)
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equivocation(noun, line, deception, mistake)
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exaggeration(noun, fancy, line, embellishment)
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perjury(noun, practice, true, story)
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crookedness(noun, dishonesty, treachery, cunning)
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fakery(noun, trick, sham, con)
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