Subterfuge

['sʌbtəfjuːdʒ] or ['sʌbtɚfjudʒ]

Definition

(noun.) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; 'he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge'; 'the holding company was just a blind'.

Typed by Floyd--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.

Inputed by Dan

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Evasion, excuse, shift, artifice, trick, quirk, shuffle, pretence, pretext, mask.

Typist: Nigel

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Shift, evasion, artifice, excuse, pretext, dodge, underhandedness, sophistry

ANT:Assertion, promulgation, challenge, exhibition, manifestation, open_handedness,frankness, daylight, vindication

Typed by Ferris

Definition

n. that to which one resorts for escape or concealment: an artifice to escape censure or the force of an argument: evasion.

Inputed by Alan