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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“The same hallmarks we listen for in Rorem’s music will be found in his essays a well: indirection, instinctive grace, intellectual aplomb, a lyrical line.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022

The effect of these lines, which reach back into the past while projecting far into the future, is that of a rebus, with the stunning phrase “the final whereabouts” offering one more breath of indirection.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2022

There are two levels of indirection from the core business of Robinhood.

From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2022

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 • Oct. 13, 2020

Back in Harlem, he had often liked to get at something through this kind of indirection.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey