Deception
[dɪ'sepʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'sɛpʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
(n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
(n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Imposture, imposition, DECEIT.[2]. Trick, cheat, ruse, wile, stratagem, chouse.
Checker: Roland
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DECEIT]
Edited by Bryan
Definition
n. act of deceiving: the means by which it is sought to deceive.—n. Deceptibil′ity.—adjs. Decept′ible capable of being deceived; Decep′tious (Shak.) deceitful; Decep′tive tending to deceive: misleading.—adv. Decep′tively.—n. Decep′tiveness.—adj. Decep′tory tending to deceive.
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Examples
- Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Life, said Socrates, was deception; only the Soul lived. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The whole cruelty of Sir Percival's deception had fallen on poor Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This is not thy deception, nor thy witchcraft: it is the work of nature. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But the deception could not be kept up forever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet, unless we balance it, this insistence upon his vanity, egotism, self-deception, and hot desire does not complete the justice of the case. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I think Henrique, now, has a keener sense of the beauty of truth, from seeing lying and deception the universal badge of slavery. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I said; I would only ask you to be consistent; or, if you change, change openly and let there be no deception. Plato. The Republic.
- But still it was a deception, and, as such, to a person of my principles, at best a doubtful proceeding. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To repay my confidence with systematic deception, for her sake, and quit me for her! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That _she_ could be in any danger from the deception never entered my head. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The disgrace of lending herself to a vile deception is the only disgrace with which I can conscientiously charge Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The more he thought of this long passage of his life, the more clearly he saw his deception. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am to remain on this gaudy platform on which my miserable deception has been so long acted, and it is to fall beneath me when you give the signal? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The rare value of Machiavelli is just this lack of self-deception. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The self-deceptions of wealth, power, and prominence wear thin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- See, brother, he said, the deceptions of the devouring Enemy! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- How to understand the deceptions she had been thus practising on herself, and living under! Jane Austen. Emma.
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