Indeed, critics of a specific syncretistic trend may sometimes use the word "syncretism" as a disparaging epithet, as a charge implying that those who seek to incorporate a new view, belief, or practice into a religious system actually distort the original faith.

Vigorously shaking the film may actually distort the image by causing the film to separate prematurely and creating blobs in the final image.

In responding to accusations of "lying by omission" it stated that in an email response to a query, an unnamed interviewee said, "They didn't actually distort what we said, but did cherry-pick the comments."

A historical "myth" that actually distorts truth, he says, is "phantasmagoria," to use Marx's word.

Instead, counting options as expenses - "expensing" them - would actually distort and confuse that picture considerably.

According to some analyses, these laws actually distort stock prices to the disadvantage of all, because the more information is reflected in stock prices, the more efficient the market becomes.

Strauss's abstract, ahistorical conception of natural right actually distorts genuine universality, Ryn contends.

What makes it such a brilliant review is that unlike his peers, he understood how Mr. Kazan's powerful production actually distorted the focus of the play.

Choosing peaks beyond the 4th one (and likely beyond the 3rd) could actually distort the outcome because the correlation would be based on such a small number of points [ 40 ] .

Thirdly, it is likely that rather than aligning competition, the application of a single standard across all road transport and other transport areas in some Member States will actually distort competition.