false image
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffalseandimage
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false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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image
noun
uk/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/
a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or ...
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(Definition offalseandimagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffalse image
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That is a perfect example of how a totallyfalseimagehas been given of the city.
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I had a completelyfalseimageof a country in total destitution.
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We need to intensify our efforts to change thatfalseimage.
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These are two instances, but such examples of over-playing the gloom and thefalseimagethat this creates abroad abound to-day.
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This is quite contrary to a certain type of sophisticated critic, and particularly the traveller abroad, who builds up quite afalseimageof our country by over-facile criticism.
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This is now seen as a misuse of the title, giving afalseimageof the profession.
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They were creating thefalseimageof a coup, to set the scene, but were planning to take the barracks and from there start a revolution.
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Because modern-day false images of children are cloaked in the armor of "science," they are harder to combat.
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Angrily, she rips off the curtain and discovers his true persona is nothing but a simple man who likes orchestrating afalseimageto put on a good show.
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Contrary to the false images painted by their superiors, the rank and file immediately found out that the rebels were skilful fighters.
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There are mass media broadcasts, false images and bad clichés about the everyday life of those countries.
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The subconscious has its own mechanism for creating these false images; all we do is stimulate it -- it does the rest.
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These should be implemented to prohibit the promotion of unsustainable ecotourism projects and materials which project false images of destinations, demeaning local and indigenous cultures.
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He is also a master of hypnotism, which he uses to extract information, project false images into the minds of others and, when necessary, to erase the memories of others.
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Events from after the age of 10 years are relatively easy to remember correctly, whereas memories from the age of 2 are more often confounded with false images and memories.
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Rollins claims that adults often remain caught within these false images.
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