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Deception

Deception Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deception? [n] an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [n] the act of deceiving [n] a misleading falsehood Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deception: conjuration \| conjuring trick \| deceit \| deceit \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| illusion \| legerdemain \| magic \| magic trick \| misrepresentation \| trick Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deception: acting \| affectation \| airy nothing \| appearance \| artifice \| attitudinizing \| autism \| befooling \| bluff \| bluffing \| bubble \| burial \| burying \| casuistry \| cheat \| cheating \| chicane \| chicanery \| chimera \| clouding \| color \| coloring \| concealedness \| concealment \| covering \| covering up \| covertness \| cunning \| darkening \| daydream \| deceit \| deceptiveness \| defrauding \| deluded belief \| delusion \| dereism \| dirt \| disguise \| dishonesty \| dissemblance \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| double-dealing \| dream \| dream vision \| dreamland \| dreamworld \| dupery \| duping \| duplicity \| equivocation \| facade \| face \| fake \| fakement \| fakery \| faking \| false air \| false belief \| false front \| false show \| falsity \| feigning \| feint \| flam \| four-flushing \| fraud \| front \| gilt \| gloss \| guile \| gulling \| gyp \| hallucination \| hanky-panky \| hiddenness \| hiding \| hoax \| hoodwinking \| humbug \| humbuggery \| hypocrisy \| ignis fatuus \| illusion \| impose \| imposture \| indirection \| interment \| intrigue \| invisibility \| knavery \| manipulation \| masking \| masquerade \| meretriciousness \| mirage \| misbelief \| misconception \| mystification \| obscuration \| obscurement \| occultation \| ostentation \| outward show \| overreaching \| pipe dream \| playacting \| pose \| posing \| posture \| pretense \| pretension \| pretext \| putting away \| representation \| ride \| rip-off \| ruse \| screening \| secrecy \| secretion \| seeming \| self-deceit \| self-deception \| self-delusion \| sell \| semblance \| sham \| sharp practice \| show \| simulacrum \| simulation \| snow job \| sophism \| sophistry \| speciousness \| spoof \| spuriousness \| stratagem \| subterfuge \| tergiversation \| treachery \| trick \| trickery \| trip \| uncommunicativeness \| vapor \| varnish \| wile \| window dressing \| wrong impression See Also \| blind \| bluff \| card trick \| cheat \| cheating \| chicanery \| delusion \| dissembling \| double-dealing \| duplicity \| duplicity \| equivocation \| evasion \| exaggeration \| facade \| fakery \| false statement \| falsehood \| falsification \| falsity \| feigning \| feigning \| four flush \| fraudulence \| guile \| half-truth \| hanky panky \| head game \| hocus-pocus \| impersonation \| imposture \| indirection \| jiggery-pokery \| magnification \| misrepresentaation \| obscurantism \| overstatement \| performance \| prestidigitation \| pretence \| pretence \| pretending \| pretense \| pretense \| shenanigan \| simulation \| skulduggery \| skullduggery \| sleight of hand \| slickness \| snow job \| subterfuge \| trickery \| trickery \| untruth \| wile \| window dressing Deception In Webster's Dictionary \De*cep"tion\, n. [F. d['e]ception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See {Deceive}.] 1. The act of deceiving or misleading. --South. 2. The state of being deceived or misled. There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception. --South. 3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud. There was of course room for vast deception. --Motley. Syn: {Deception}, {Deceit}, {Fraud}, {Imposition}. Usage: Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and that of the worst kind; but a deception does not always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage.

Deception Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deception?

[n] an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
[n] the act of deceiving
[n] a misleading falsehood

Deception In Webster's Dictionary

\De*cep"tion\, n. [F. d['e]ception, L. deceptio, fr.
decipere, deceptum. See {Deceive}.]
1. The act of deceiving or misleading. --South.

2. The state of being deceived or misled.

         There is one thing relating either to the action or
         enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to
         deception.                            --South.

3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false
   representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.

         There was of course room for vast deception.
                                               --Motley.

Syn: {Deception}, {Deceit}, {Fraud}, {Imposition}.

Usage: Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the
       habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as
       skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The
       practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and
       that of the worst kind; but a deception does not
       always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned
       or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception
       practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a
       fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to
       some unlawful gain or advantage.

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