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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

substance, content, message, subject matter go
what a communication that is about something is about

statement go
a message that is stated or declared

falsehood, falsity, untruth go
a false statement

deception, misrepresentation, deceit
a misleading falsehood

noun.communication

11 Subcategories

bill of goods go
communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable
humbug, snake oil go
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
half-truth go
a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
window dressing, facade go
a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
magnification, exaggeration, overstatement go
making to seem more important than it really is
snow job go
a long and elaborate misrepresentation
dissembling, pretense, pretence, feigning go
pretending with intention to deceive
blind, subterfuge go
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
trickery, slickness, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery go
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
duplicity, fraudulence go
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
evasion, equivocation go
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth