indirection

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An indirect action or process.
2. (countable, uncountable) A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness.
3. (countable, uncountable) Use of a variable or object through its address.

Synonyms

deceit

cheat

perfidy

deceitfulness

disingenuousness

fraudulence

treachery

sham

deception

double-dealing

duplicity

falseness

frame-up

fraud

gyp

hoax

indirect

indirectness

knavery

malpractice

obliquity

perfidiousness

put-on

rip-off

scam

sellout

setup

sinuosity

snow job

squint

stratagem

subversiveness

tortuosity

treason

trick

unfairness

fraud in fact

take-in

traitorousness

false pretence

false pretense

positive fraud

betrayal

swiz

cheating

chicanery

circuity

con

cozenage

deceptiveness

Translations

tortuosidad

hilekârlık

indirekt

mittelbar

Umweg

πλάγια μέσα

المراوغة

indirection

indirezione

eğrilik

indirect

dilació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪndəˈɹɛkʃən/

Etymology

From indirect + -ion, modeled on direction.