Multiple acts of twisting or the results of being twisted; plural of contortion.
Simple plural of 'contortion', formed by adding '-s'. The word entered Middle English through Old French and Latin routes.
The plural 'contortions' is often used metaphorically in business and politics—think 'mental contortions' or 'logical contortions'—showing how physical descriptions become language tools for describing intellectual stretching and uncomfortable reasoning.
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