deception

Noun

Meaning

The act of deceiving or misleading.

The state of being deceived or misled.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deceit trick fraud illusion misrepresentation swindle magic lying hoax cunning ploy falsehood ruse trickery sham
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Antonyms

bible gospel fidelity hellenism support point
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Hypernyms

performance falsehood falsity misrepresentation falsification untruth

Hyponyms

wile bluff hocus-pocus chicane humbug prestidigitation

Related terms

deceive deceptive

Phrases with the word

artful deception self- deception calculated deception postal deception artificial deception cunning deception

Examples

Warfare is the way of deception. Sun Tzu

The art of pleasing is the art of deception. Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises. Vladimir Lenin

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity. Soren Kierkegaard

There is rarely gain without deception. Sicilian Proverb

That which is agreed upon is not deception. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deceptable deceptibility deceptible Deception Island deceptional deceptious