Meaning of false light | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact.
   countable, idiomatic
2. A cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.
   uncountable

Examples

“To the untrue man, the whole universe is false—it is impalpable—it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow.”

“It was not I, but these things working in me—on my brain, making me see things in a false light!”

“Some of the charges against them . . . are due merely to the false light in which they are regarded.”

“Don Lehe, a Republican state representative from a rural district in Indiana, said online videos can cast farmers in a false light and give them little opportunity to correct the record.”

“Dickinson’s lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks unspecified damages on defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims.”

CEFR level