Deception (Noun)
Meaning 1
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
The act of deceiving.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Guile
- Cheating
- Simulation
- Pretending
- Chicane
- Wile
- Chicanery
- Shenanigan
- Feigning
- Impersonation
- Four Flush
- Double-dealing
- Head Game
- Illusion
- Pretence
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Meaning 3
A misleading falsehood.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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- Facade
- Hanky Panky
- Evasion
- Duplicity
- Hocus-pocus
- Fraudulence
- Humbug
- Window Dressing
- Subterfuge
- Half-truth
- Blind
- Snow Job
- Dissembling
- Trickery
- Jiggery-pokery
- Snake Oil
- Exaggeration
- Equivocation
- Skulduggery
- Skullduggery
- Overstatement
- Bill Of Goods
- Pretense
- Pretence