Do you know how rumors are born? One information is transmitted by word of mouth, but since people cannot remember all the details, distortions are inevitable, this is understandable. And then a few laps of history will pass, and the output will be something completely different from what was at the beginning. And today we will talk about distortion.
Value
If you don’t touch books yet and think, what is distortion? A variety of interferences come to mind. Here you are watching a movie, and a neighbor turned on the drill, and you have streaks on the screen. At least that was the case before when there was no high-definition digital television. Now, for such interference, you can lose the client, he will definitely go to the competitors. But distortion is not only a technical term. For other information, we turn to the explanatory dictionary. The book, which is always with us, offers the following meanings of the object of study:
- The same as distorting.
- Wrong, mistake.
Before moving on, you need to saturate the value of the infinitive so that the picture is complete. So, the meaning of "distort" is as follows:
- Submit in a false, incorrect form; sharply worsen.
- Dramatically change (face, appearance).
Perhaps the following remark may seem strange or obvious, but it must be said about this: the object of study does not have a positive value. That is, for example, imagine such a sentence: "He has distorted his life." The addressee of such a message is unlikely to understand what it is all about. In other words, they don’t say that. When a person abruptly changes or changes his life, positive changes are assumed. And life itself as an education can hardly be distorted. Although, if you imagine that the aliens will take over the world and begin to conduct experiments on life on the planet, then, probably, it will be distorted, that is, it will turn into not what it was before. Yes, you can fantasize for a long time, let's better move on to specific examples of the use of the word.
suggestions
From the previous story, we learned that distortion is bad. And this negativity prevailing over everything determines the whole content of the concept. In this case, we need proposals in order to more clearly and visually imagine how the object of study can be used in live speech. So, sentences, as always, to each meaning:
- Listen, your text is full of distortions, this is unthinkable! I gave you a completely different interview.
- His face was distorted, as if from a toothache, when he imagined that now he had to get out from under the covers and go to his favorite job.
- You have transmitted a distorted message.
Now the reader has everything necessary to practice independently writing various stories with the object of study. By the way, this is one of the methods of memorizing foreign words, but you can use it for Russians, as they are better remembered.
Synonyms
Everything is in the reader’s hands, but not quite. There are not enough replacements, which, if necessary, can fall into place of the object of study. So, synonyms for the word "distortion" are already rushing to us:
- error;
- perversion;
- wrong;
- juggling;
- curvature;
- juggling.
Of course, replacements may be different. These are given as options. Almost everything is always determined by an omnipotent context. If someone is not happy with our nouns, then he can always offer his own. It must be understood that synonyms are that element of information that presupposes some freedom, but, for example, nothing can be done about the meaning of the word “distortion”, it is always the same.
How to avoid mistakes?
This is both a difficult and a simple question. It is difficult because all sorts of distortions are inevitable. People forget something, get tired and make mistakes. Another thing is when wrongness is a malicious intent. For example, when the yellow press feeds readers with fresh gossip, do you think that journalists do not know that reality is infinitely far from their ideas about it? No, most likely this is an intentional move.
But if you are not such a journalist and are very afraid of distortions, that is, a simple recipe is to double-check information, fortunately, the Internet makes sure that all the reference material at our services is almost instantaneous, the main thing here is not to be lazy.