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indirection
Overview of noun indirection
The noun indirection has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) indirection -- (indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection")
2. indirection -- (deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indirection
2 senses of indirection
Sense 1
indirection
=> procedure, process
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
indirection
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun indirection
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indirection
2 senses of indirection
Sense 1
indirection
=> procedure, process
Sense 2
indirection
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
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Familiarity of noun indirection
indirection used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun indirection
2 senses of indirection
Sense 1
indirection
> procedure, process
=> Bertillon system
=> fingerprinting
=> genetic profiling, genetic fingerprinting
=> diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique
=> emergency procedure
=> experimental procedure
=> calculation, computation, computing
=> medical procedure
=> mapping, chromosome mapping
=> operating procedure
=> stiffening
=> indirection
=> rigmarole, rigamarole
=> routine, modus operandi
=> condition, experimental condition
=> rule, formula
Sense 2
indirection
> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
=> fakery
=> indirection
=> trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
=> duplicity, double-dealing
=> cheat, cheating
=> delusion, illusion, head game
=> pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
=> imposture, impersonation
=> obscurantism
=> bluff, four flush
=> take-in
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2 senses of indirection
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Grep of noun indirection
indirection
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