deception

noun

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a misleading falsehood

the act of deceiving

an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	misrepresent
1	derivation	Related & opposite	deceive
1	derivation	Related & opposite	fudge
1	hypernym	Types & categories	falsehood
1	hyponym	Types & categories	bill of goods
1	hyponym	Types & categories	humbug
1	hyponym	Types & categories	half-truth
1	hyponym	Types & categories	window dressing
1	hyponym	Types & categories	overstatement
1	hyponym	Types & categories	snow job
1	hyponym	Types & categories	dissembling
1	hyponym	Types & categories	subterfuge
1	hyponym	Types & categories	trickery
1	hyponym	Types & categories	duplicity
1	hyponym	Types & categories	evasion
2	derivation	Related & opposite	deceive
2	derivation	Related & opposite	dissimulate
2	derivation	Related & opposite	deceive
2	hypernym	Types & categories	falsification
2	hyponym	Types & categories	fakery
2	hyponym	Types & categories	indirection
2	hyponym	Types & categories	chicanery
2	hyponym	Types & categories	double-dealing
2	hyponym	Types & categories	cheating
2	hyponym	Types & categories	head game
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pretense
2	hyponym	Types & categories	imposture
2	hyponym	Types & categories	obscurantism
2	hyponym	Types & categories	four flush
2	hyponym	Types & categories	take-in
3	derivation	Related & opposite	conjurer
3	derivation	Related & opposite	magic
3	hypernym	Types & categories	performance
3	hyponym	Types & categories	card trick
3	hyponym	Types & categories	prestidigitation