indirection

[in-duh-rek-shuhn, -dahy-] / ˌɪn dəˈrɛk ʃən, -daɪ- /

NOUN

dishonesty

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicane chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

Example Sentences

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It turned out that the famously elusive artist, with his signature habit of strategic indirection, had submitted it as a proposal for a site-specific sculpture.

From New York Times

They must construct themselves through word and voice, through the indirection of figurative language and the contrivances of patterned rhythms and rhymes.

From New York Times

Each one is just a few pages, written in an oblique, poetic style that arrives at its conclusion through indirection.

From Washington Times

I was perhaps guilty of excessive indirection early on, so much so that I briefly acquired the nickname of Gentle Ben in the industry.

From New York Times

He specializes in a linguistically rich indirection that can occasionally verge on opacity.

From New York Times