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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

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus go
activity that transgresses moral or civil law

falsification, misrepresentation
a willful perversion of facts

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4 Subcategories

distortion, twisting, torture, straining, overrefinement go
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
tergiversation, equivocation go
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
lying, prevarication, fabrication go
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation go
the act of deceiving