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Deception

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Noun

1. deceit, deception, misrepresentation

a misleading falsehood

2. deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

the act of deceiving

3. conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick

an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deception

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noun

1.

the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived

2.

something that deceives; trick

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Deception

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noun

1.

the act or practice of deceiving

2.

the fact or condition of being deceived

3.

something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Deception

see synonyms of deception

n.

1. The use of deceit.

2. The fact or state of being deceived.

3. A ruse; a trick.

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