Synonyms for deflection
dɪˈflɛk ʃənde·flec·tion

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1. deflection

   Synonyms:
   deviation, divergence, alienation, swerving, incurvation, curvity, falcation

   Antonyms:
   straightness, directness, rectilinearity, inflexibility, prolongation, prosecution, undeviatingness

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1. deflection, warpnoun

   a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

   Synonyms:
   bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, warping, buckle, diversion, deviation, warp

2. deflection, deflexion, refractionnoun

   the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

   Synonyms:
   bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, diversion, deviation, warp

3. deflection, deflexionnoun

   the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position

   Synonyms:
   bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, diversion, deviation, warp

4. deflection, deflexion, bendingnoun

   the property of being bent or deflected

   Synonyms:
   bending, digression, divagation, deflexion, refraction, bend, diversion, deviation, warp

5. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagationnoun

   a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"

   Synonyms:
   diversionary attack, warp, departure, excursion, difference, parenthesis, excursus, deflexion, deviance, bending, digression, refraction, diversion, divagation, aside, deviation, divergence, recreation

Matched Categories

1. • Aberrance
   • Bending
   • Movement
   • Physical Property
   • Turn

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1. deflectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   deviation, bending

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1. List of paraphrases for "deflection":

   deviation, diversion, arrow, bending, deformation, flexure, draught, detour, flexion, variance, baffle

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How to use deflection in a sentence?

1. Antony Blinken:

   Iran that has decisions to make fundamental decisions to make about whether The Iranians too wants to return to compliance, and there is no amount of deflection that can change that, that basic fact, the ball remains in Iran's court, we will see if they are prepared to make the decisions necessary to come back into compliance.

2. Nancy Chabot:

   Sometimes we describe it as running a golf cart into a great pyramid or something like that, but for Dimorphos, this really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption.

3. Reed Galen:

   No small amount of irony that a man uses his own donors' money to enrich himself and his family accuses others of the same. Deflection is his stock and trade.

4. George Takei:

   Men who improperly harass or assault do not do so because they are gay or straight -- that is a deflection, they do so because they have the power, and they chose to abuse it. Brunton told The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t.

5. Nancy Chabot:

   Sometimes we describe it as running a golf cart into a great pyramid or something like that, but for Dimorphos, this really is about asteroid deflection, not disruption. This isn't going to blow up the asteroid ; it isn't going to put it into lots of pieces.