Synonyms for deceptiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-sep-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛp tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for deceptiveness
- aberration
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- apparition
- artifice
- beguilement
- bias
- blarney
- blunder
- boondoggle
- canard
- casuistry
- cavil
- cheat
- cheating
- chicanery
- circumvention
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- cozenage
- craftiness
- cunning
- daydream
- deceit
- deceitfulness
- deception
- deceptiveness
- defraudation
- delusion
- deviation
- dirt
- disingenuousness
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- double-dealing
- doubtfulness
- dream
- dupery
- duplicity
- eidolon
- elusion
- equivocality
- equivocation
- equivoque
- erratum
- erroneousness
- error
- euphemism
- evasion
- faithlessness
- fake
- fallacy
- false impression
- falsehood
- fancy
- fast one
- faultiness
- fib
- fibbing
- figment
- flaw
- flimflam
- fool's paradise
- fraudulence
- ghost
- guile
- head trip
- hedge
- hedging
- heresy
- hokum
- ignis fatuus
- illogicality
- imposition
- inconsistency
- inexactness
- infidelity
- insincerity
- invalidity
- juggling
- lapse
- legerdemain
- lie
- line
- lying
- mirage
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconstrual
- misinterpretation
- misrepresentation
- mistake
- non sequitur
- notion
- optical illusion
- oversight
- oversubtleness
- paradox
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- perversion
- phantasm
- phantom
- preconception
- prejudice
- pretense
- prevarication
- quibbling
- quibbling routine
- quirk
- run-around
- self-deception
- shade
- sham
- shuffle
- shuffling
- snow job
- solecism
- song
- song and dance
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- story
- subterfuge
- tale
- tergiversation
- treachery
- treason
- trick
- trickery
- trickiness
- trip
- trumpery
- uncandidness
- unfaithfulness
- unreality
- untruth
- vision
- waffle
- weasel word
Définition of deceptiveness
Origin :- 1610s, from French deceptif (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin deceptivus, from decept-, past participle stem of Latin decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from French deceptieux, from Medieval Latin deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively; deceptiveness.
- As in casuistry : noun overgeneral reasoning
- As in speciousness : noun fallacy
- As in spuriousness : noun fallacy
- As in tergiversation : noun equivocation
- As in deception : noun misleading; being dishonest
- As in delusion : noun misconception, misbelief
- As in equivocation : noun avoidance of an issue
- As in fallacy : noun illusion, misconception
- As in falsity : noun dishonesty, deception
- We have learnt to prize Him in proportion as we have learnt the deceptiveness of all beside!
- Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache
- He had moments through the night of recognizing the deceptiveness of his senses.
- Extract from : « Aurora the Magnificent » by Gertrude Hall
- And then he laughed at the deceptiveness and the wild humor of his own speech.
- Extract from : « True and Other Stories » by George Parsons Lathrop
- College mates of Taylor will recall the deceptiveness of this outward appearance.
- Extract from : « Jukes-Edwards » by A. E. Winship
- Moralizing on the deceptiveness of appearances, Crimmins fortified himself with another slab of cut-plug.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- To the eye it appears an ideal country for traveling, but only a very slight experience is necessary to reveal its deceptiveness.
- Extract from : « Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 » by Cosmos Mindeleff
- Here then you see the deceptiveness under the above dissembled conversation of Cain with his brother.
- Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I » by Martin Luther
- A madman was capable of anything; and yet, confound the chap's deceptiveness, he didn't look mad.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
- Independently of any skill or deceptiveness, this broken painted surface looks effective and lasts long.
- Extract from : « British Manufacturing Industries » by L. Arnoux
Antonyms for deceptiveness
- accuracy
- actuality
- being
- certainty
- clarity
- conformity
- constancy
- correction
- directness
- evidence
- facing
- fact
- fairness
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- fix
- forthrightness
- frankness
- honesty
- honor
- loyalty
- meeting
- openness
- reality
- right
- sameness
- sincerity
- success
- surety
- trustworthiness
- truth
- truthfulness
- uprightness
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