deceptive
Nondeceptive researchers could test such findings by openly asking healthcare workers how they feel about various patients.
From non-deceptive studies, we know that doctors sometimes try to identify "problem patients", who they suspect might sue them for malpractice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases True, real, false, and unreal
actual
actuality
actually
all that glitters is not goldidiom
alternate reality
false
false flag
falsely
fantastical
fever dream
not so muchidiom
nothing could be further from the truthidiom
nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
parallel universe
post-factual
unreal
untrue
untruly
unverifiable
urban myth
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