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Deception

Definition of Deception

  • 1. A misleading falsehood Noun
  • 2. The act of deceiving Noun
  • 3. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers Noun

Synonyms for word "deception"

  • conjuration
  • conjuring trick
  • illusion
  • legerdemain
  • magic
  • magic trick
  • thaumaturgy
  • trick
  • deceit
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • deceit
  • misrepresentation

Semanticaly linked words with "deception"

  • bill of goods
  • humbug
  • snake oil
  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • untruth
  • 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
  • falsification
  • misrepresentation
  • 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
  • performance
  • card trick
  • prestidigitation
  • sleight of hand

Hyponims for word "deception"

  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • untruth
  • falsification
  • misrepresentation
  • performance

Lexical Analysis for "deception"

  1. deceive
    Verb
    derivation
    3
    1. cause someone to believe an untruth
    2. be false to; be dishonest with
    3. be false to; be dishonest with
Words Rhyme with deception
  • abarticulation
  • abbreviation
  • abdication
  • abduction
  • aberration
  • abjection
  • abjuration
  • ablactation
  • ablation
  • ablution
  • abnegation
  • abolition
  • abomination
  • abortion
  • abreaction
  • abrogation
Etymology for deception
  • etymology self-deception
  • etymology undeception
  • etymologically related deceive
  • etymologically related deceptive
  • is derived from deceptions
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