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deception
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deception
n.
deceit, fraud, misleading act
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Deception
Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge is the act of propagating beliefs in things that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith.
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deception
Noun
1. a misleading falsehood
(synonym) misrepresentation, deceit
(hypernym) falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
(hyponym) bill of goods
(derivation) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
2. the act of deceiving
(synonym) deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
(hypernym) falsification, misrepresentaation
(hyponym) fakery
(derivation) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
3. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
(synonym) magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, illusion
(hypernym) performance
(hyponym) card trick
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déception
nf.
disappointment, letdown, chagrin, frustration; anticlimax; damp; discomfiture; sell
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deception
n.
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