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Definitions for Deception
[1] the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
[2] something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.
[3] the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived
[4] something that deceives; trick
Words related to Deception
falsehood, fraud, trickery, duplicity, hypocrisy, betrayal, untruth, deceit, mendacity, treachery, lying, disinformation, lie, scam, illusion, ruse, hoax, trick, subterfuge, cover-up
Words nearby Deception
decent, decenter, decentralize, decentralized processing, decentre, deception, deception bed, deception table, deceptive, deceptive cadence, decerebrate
Origin of Deception
1400–50; late Middle English decepcioun < Old French < Late Latin dēceptiōn- (stem of dēceptiō ), equivalent to Latin dēcept(us ) (past participle of dēcipere; see deceive) + -iōn- -ion
Other words from Deception
non·de·cep·tion , noun
pre·de·cep·tion , noun
Synonyms for Deception
betrayal, deceit, disinformation, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, hypocrisy, lying, mendacity, treachery, trickery, untruth, beguilement, blarney, boondoggle, cheat, circumvention, cozenage, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dirt, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, equivocation, flimflam, fraudulence, guile, hokum, imposition, insincerity, juggling, legerdemain, pretense, prevarication, sophism, treason, trickiness, trumpery, defraudation, fast one, snow job