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Definition of Deception
1. Noun. A misleading falsehood.
Exact synonyms: Deceit, Misrepresentation
Specialized synonyms: Bill Of Goods, Humbug, Snake Oil, Half-truth, Facade, Window Dressing, Exaggeration, Magnification, Overstatement, Snow Job, Dissembling, Feigning, Pretence, Pretense, Blind, Subterfuge, Hanky Panky, Hocus-pocus, Jiggery-pokery, Skulduggery, Skullduggery, Slickness, Trickery, Duplicity, Fraudulence, Equivocation, Evasion
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsity, Untruth
Derivative terms: Deceive, Misrepresent, Misrepresent
Specialized synonyms: Bill Of Goods, Humbug, Snake Oil, Half-truth, Facade, Window Dressing, Exaggeration, Magnification, Overstatement, Snow Job, Dissembling, Feigning, Pretence, Pretense, Blind, Subterfuge, Hanky Panky, Hocus-pocus, Jiggery-pokery, Skulduggery, Skullduggery, Slickness, Trickery, Duplicity, Fraudulence, Equivocation, Evasion
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsity, Untruth
Derivative terms: Deceive, Misrepresent, Misrepresent
2. Noun. The act of deceiving.
Exact synonyms: Deceit, Dissembling, Dissimulation
Generic synonyms: Falsification, Misrepresentation
Specialized synonyms: Fakery, Indirection, Chicane, Chicanery, Guile, Shenanigan, Trickery, Wile, Double-dealing, Duplicity, Cheat, Cheating, Delusion, Head Game, Illusion, Feigning, Pretence, Pretending, Pretense, Simulation, Impersonation, Imposture, Obscurantism, Bluff, Four Flush, Take-in
Derivative terms: Deceive, Deceive, Dissimulate
Generic synonyms: Falsification, Misrepresentation
Specialized synonyms: Fakery, Indirection, Chicane, Chicanery, Guile, Shenanigan, Trickery, Wile, Double-dealing, Duplicity, Cheat, Cheating, Delusion, Head Game, Illusion, Feigning, Pretence, Pretending, Pretense, Simulation, Impersonation, Imposture, Obscurantism, Bluff, Four Flush, Take-in
Derivative terms: Deceive, Deceive, Dissimulate
3. Noun. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
Exact synonyms: Conjuration, Conjuring Trick, Illusion, Legerdemain, Magic, Magic Trick, Thaumaturgy, Trick
Generic synonyms: Performance
Specialized synonyms: Card Trick, Prestidigitation, Sleight Of Hand
Derivative terms: Illusionist, Magical, Magician
Generic synonyms: Performance
Specialized synonyms: Card Trick, Prestidigitation, Sleight Of Hand
Derivative terms: Illusionist, Magical, Magician
Definition of Deception
1. n. The act of deceiving or misleading.
Definition of Deception
1. Noun. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deception
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Deception
1. The act of deceiving or the fact or condition of being deceived. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deception
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