Synonyms for deception
dɪˈsɛp ʃənde·cep·tion

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1. deception

   Deceit is the habit, deception the act; guile applies to the disposition out of which deceit and deception grow, and also to their actual practise. A lie, lying, or falsehood, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. The novel or drama is not a lie, because not meant to deceive; the ancient teaching that the earth was flat was not a lie, because not then known to be false. Untruth is more than lack of accuracy, implying always lack of veracity; but it is a somewhat milder and more dignified word than lie. Falsehood and lying are in utterance; deceit and deception may be merely in act or implication. Deception may be innocent, and even unintentional, as in the case of an optical illusion; deceit always involves injurious intent. Craft and cunning have not necessarily any moral quality; they are common traits of animals, but stand rather low in the human scale. Duplicity is the habitual speaking or acting with intent to appear to mean what one does not. Dissimulation is rather a concealing of what is than a pretense of what is not. Finesse is simply an adroit and delicate management of a matter for one's own side, not necessarily involving deceit. Compare ARTIFICE; FICTION; FRAUD; HYPOCRISY.

   Synonyms:
   craft, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, delusion, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fabrication, falsehood, finesse, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, lie, lying, prevarication, trickery, untruth

   Antonyms:
   candor, fair dealing, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, veracity

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1. misrepresentation, deceit, deceptionnoun

   a misleading falsehood

   Synonyms:
   thaumaturgy, magic trick, trick, deceit, fraudulence, falsification, conjuring trick, dissimulation, conjuration, legerdemain, magic, misrepresentation, illusion, dissembling

2. deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulationnoun

   the act of deceiving

   Synonyms:
   dissembling, trick, pretence, legerdemain, fraudulence, magic trick, feigning, deceit, conjuring trick, thaumaturgy, dissimulation, illusion, misrepresentation, magic, conjuration, pretense

3. magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deceptionnoun

   an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

   Synonyms:
   fantasy, joke, trick, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, phantasy, magic trick, dissembling, caper, semblance, head game, put-on, fast one, dissimulation, fancy, delusion, thaumaturgy, antic, conjury, prank, misrepresentation, magic, invocation, whoremaster, john, conjuration, deceit, whoremonger, conjuring trick, conjuring

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1. • Performance

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1. deceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   imposture, imposition, DECEIT

2. deceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   TRICK, cheat, ruse, wile, stratagem, chouse

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1. deceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   imposition, craft, duplicity, deceit, hoax, fallacy, ruse, imposture, artifice, illusion, prevarication, finesse, dissimulation, cozenage, sophistry, coggery

   Antonyms:
   guilelessness, candor, disillusionment, fair dealing, sincerity

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1. List of paraphrases for "deception":

   deceit, fraud, scam, cheating, disappointment, misrepresentation, delusion, sham, trickery, hoax

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1. Letitia James:

   Bots and other fake accounts have been running rampant on social media platforms, often stealing real people's identities to carry out fraud, as people and companies like Devumi continue to make a quick buck by lying to honest Americans, Attorney General office will continue to find and stop anyone who sells online deception. With this settlement, we are sending a clear message that anyone profiting off of deception and impersonation is breaking the law and will be held accountable.

2. George Papadopoulos:

   This was literally about manufacturing a situation around Trump and his people that made it seem as if all of them, including the president and his family, were somehow colluding or in the works with the Russians, what we’re witnessing was a masterclass in deception, propaganda and trade craft.

3. Daniel Ives:

   We view this (deception technologies) as a $3 billion market over the next three years, with Israel and Silicon Valley being the epicentre of this innovation wave.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties.

5. John Fleming:

   For years the IRS has abused its power to target people based on their political views. Commissioner John Koskinen not only did nothing about it, but continued the trend of deception by deliberately keeping Congress and the American people in the dark, to date no one has been held accountable and no one will unless we move forward with a resolution to require a vote on his impeachment.