distortive

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adjective

Causing distortion.

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Meanings

adjectivedistortive (comparative more distortive, superlative most distortive)

comparative more distortive · superlative most distortive

  1. Causing distortion.

    She added, “No amount of distortive rhetoric or advertising will cause the governor to back down from the core reforms and necessary reality check embodied in this budget.”

    2007 March 9, Danny Hakim, “Rangel Tells State’s Delegation That Spitzer Is Too Combative”, in New York Times

Origin

From distort + -ive.

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APA

distortive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distortive

MLA

“distortive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distortive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distortive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distortive.

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