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distortionary

distortionary adjective: capable of distorting.

Adjective

distortionary (comparative more distortionary, superlative most distortionary)

  1. Capable of distorting.
  2. Causing distortion, especially in prices.
    • It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19

Forms of distortionary

comparativemore distortionary
superlativemost distortionary

Origin of distortionary

From distortion + -ary.

Questions about distortionary

What does distortionary mean?
Distortionary means capable of distorting.
What part of speech is distortionary?
Distortionary is an adjective.

Words near distortionary in the dictionary

  1. distorting
  2. distorting mirror
  3. distorting mirrors
  4. distortion
  5. distortional
  6. distortionary
  7. distortionist
  8. distortionists
  9. distortionless
  10. distortionlessness
  11. distortions

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