Synonym of deviation from the truth

lie fabrication falsehood fib untruth deception falsity fiction falsification prevarication invention mendacity misinformation dishonesty disinformation exaggeration myth perjury sham deceit inaccuracy porky pretence pretense story white lie dissimulation distortion gossip guile misrepresentation misstatement pretext propaganda subterfuge tale bulldust fable falseness forgery fraudulence hyperbole line whopper yarn backbiting detraction evasion taradiddle tarradiddle half-truth departure from the truth fairy tale flight of fancy made-up story piece of fiction tall story tall tale terminological inexactitude trumped-up story barefaced lie fake news figment of the imagination little white lie red herring alternative fact cock and bull story fairy story pork pie porky pie disregard for the facts ruse wile trickery canard stratagem fraud cock-and-bull story duplicity rumour hoax rumor artifice coloring trick figment concoction kidology deceitfulness hypocrisy fallacy delusion con colouring lying untruthfulness sophistry dissembling song and dance crock spuriousness jive fakery cover-up stall fantasy fish story fake hogwash speciousness fudging equivocation illusion deceptiveness treachery untruism manoeuvre fibbing fancy machination scheme phantasy jazz slant cover inveracity fallaciousness maneuver chicanery shamming feint dodge smoke flimflam excuse lies casuistry stonewall shift run-around guise device adulteration farfetched story shaggy-dog story front quibbling mendaciousness contrivance stretch twist insincerity perversion hollowness imposture double-dealing perfidy false colours lack of veracity false excuse spin fictitiousness mutilation twisting swindle clothesline feigning evasiveness bunk disingenuousness bluff unveracity set-up scam unreality hallucination charade amphibology sting game sophism facade amphiboly shuffling rort lurk bunco gyp wheeze grift creation fetch imagination waffle cunning codology confidence trick manipulation improvisation façade false light truthlessness false colors economy with the truth humbug rig con trick schlenter flanker gimmick doctoring alteration tampering not a true picture put-on double meaning snow job put-up job double entendre quibbling routine false front cop out double talk angler's tale unlikely story whisper pishogue unbelievable tale fanciful tale false statement spinach disguise semblance mask half truth remarkable story big lie nancy story spiel rigmarole fibbery chestnut defamation scandal claptrap two-timing opus artefact artifact work persuasion false report conspiracy theory one for the birds unreliability prepared speech doublespeak misconception act simulation indirectness circumlocution misbelief tactic waffling flannel paltering erroneousness inexactness ploy expedient calumny phoniness bias cheating overstatement embellishment superstition error pussyfooting around beating about the bush weasel words slanting false notion mistaken belief burlesque faking spoof counterfeit sell imitation scheming craft move incorrectness uncandidness misreporting obfuscation misreport apologue play-acting gambit sleight juggle shenanigan knack craftiness play jig skew prejudice garbling travesty equivocality caricature debasement artfulness slyness fictitious story folk ballad oversubtleness show exaggerated story incredible story masquerade sleight of hand racket savvy change tinkering false rumour false information fiddling changing stretching subtlety casuistics ambiguity bending of the truth false trail BS misinterpretation imbalance baloney snow jiving fibs bum steer misleading information production doubtfulness legalism rationalization rationalisation justification novel romance nonsense legend chimera false show song equivoque euphemism hedging hedge creativity storytelling narration mere show unsound reasoning twisting the facts specious reasoning overgeneral reasoning narrative urban myth literature anecdote book hooey potboiler unrealism nonfiction drama cliff-hanger avoidance dodging vision tergiversation urban legend creative writing elusion best seller short story short stories apparition fantasm phantasm mirage conceit nonentity dream daydream shunning work of fiction work of imagination figment of imagination works of fiction made up story weasel word imagining escape eluding shirking ducking circumvention bubble castle in the air pipe dream nightmare chimaera cop-out shaking eschewing bypassing eschewal out sidestepping cheat go-by obliqueness bilking fancy footwork ditch finding a way round slip stonewalling getting out of routine quibble equivocating fugivity fugiviteness evading skirting snare decoy blind leg-pull hokum fastie Trojan horse bilk mare's-nest ride chicane malarkey hustle wrinkle catch trap whitewash shuck fast shuffle confidence game fast one con game

deviationist deviationists deviations deviative device deviceful deviation from the subject deviation deviating from the topic deviating from the point deviating from each other deviating from