Synonyms for imposition
ˌɪm pəˈzɪʃ ənim·po·si·tion

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1. impositionnoun

   That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

   Synonyms:
   injunction, charge, enjoinder, burden, tax

2. impositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obtrusion, infliction, imposure

3. impositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   fraud, deception, cheating, delusion, trick, imposture

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1. imposition

   Deceit is the habit, deception the act; guile applies to the disposition out of which deceit and deception grow, and also to their actual practise. A lie, lying, or falsehood, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. The novel or drama is not a lie, because not meant to deceive; the ancient teaching that the earth was flat was not a lie, because not then known to be false. Untruth is more than lack of accuracy, implying always lack of veracity; but it is a somewhat milder and more dignified word than lie. Falsehood and lying are in utterance; deceit and deception may be merely in act or implication. Deception may be innocent, and even unintentional, as in the case of an optical illusion; deceit always involves injurious intent. Craft and cunning have not necessarily any moral quality; they are common traits of animals, but stand rather low in the human scale. Duplicity is the habitual speaking or acting with intent to appear to mean what one does not. Dissimulation is rather a concealing of what is than a pretense of what is not. Finesse is simply an adroit and delicate management of a matter for one's own side, not necessarily involving deceit. Compare ARTIFICE; FICTION; FRAUD; HYPOCRISY.

   Synonyms:
   craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, delusion, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fabrication, falsehood, finesse, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, lie, lying, prevarication, trickery, untruth

   Antonyms:
   candor, fair dealing, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, veracity

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1. imposition, inflictionnoun

   the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

   Synonyms:
   pain, botheration, annoyance, pain in the neck, infliction, pain in the ass, bother

2. impositionnoun

   an uncalled-for burden

   "he listened but resented the imposition"

   Synonyms:
   infliction

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1. • Burden

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1. impositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   imposing

2. impositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   constraint, oppression, burden, charge, injunction, levy, tax

3. impositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   deception, fraud, trickery, artifice, IMPOSTURE, cheating

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1. List of paraphrases for "imposition":

   taxation, imposing, impose, imposed, infliction, levying, tax, taxing, institution, introduction, enforcement

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1. Bill Wulf:

   There is only one nature - the division into science and engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, the division is a human failure it reflects our limited capacity to comprehend the whole.

2. Sam Kamin:

   You have this odd combination here for ambivalence on the part of prosecutors and juries and a statute that permits the imposition of death in most murders, in some cases it was lack of resources, in some cases it was the belief that a jury wouldn't impose it.

3. Mary Ann Hinsdale:

   When this started out it was seen as an imposition and unfair. I still think a lot of people would say that, but I think we tried to turn it around so that we in fact could tell the real story of who we are.

4. William Shakespeare:

   Reputation is an idle and most false imposition oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

5. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   In the negotiations, we will not accept imposition, humiliation and the continuation of sanctions, like all of the days of the history of this revolution, the government desires the support of the people and especially the support of the people of Qom, the seminary and the senior clerics.