distortive

English

Etymology

From distort +‎ -ive.

Adjective

distortive (comparative more distortive, superlative most distortive)

1. Causing distortion.
   • 2007 March 9, Danny Hakim, “Rangel Tells State’s Delegation That Spitzer Is Too Combative”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.”

Derived terms

• antiferrodistortive
• distortively
• distortiveness
• ferrodistortive
• nondistortive