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- Dictionaryde·cep·tion/dəˈsepSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of deceiving someone: "obtaining property by deception"
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The meaning of DECEPTION is the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act of deceiving. How to use deception in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deception.
dishonest or illegal methods that are used to get something, or to make people believe that something is true when it is not: The couple were accused of obtaining money by deception. The Insolvency Act makes stringent provision for company fraud and deception.
Deception is a trick or scheme used to get what you want, like the deception you used to get your sister to agree to do all your chores for a month.
Reviewed by Psychology Today Staff. Deception refers to the act—big or small, cruel or kind—of encouraging people to believe information that is not true. Lying...
Deception is the act or practice of deceiving —lying, misleading, or otherwise hiding or distorting the truth. The related word deceit often means the same thing. Deception doesn’t just involve lying. It can consist of misrepresenting or omitting the truth or more complicated cover-ups.
Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone. He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.
n. 1. the act of deceiving, or the state of being deceived. 2. something that deceives or is intended to deceive; trick; ruse. [1400–50; late Middle English decepcioun < Old French < Late Latin dēceptiō = Latin dēcep-, variant s. of dēcipere (see deceive) + -tiō -tion]
Definition of deception noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DECEPTION definition: the act of deceiving someone by making them believe something that is not true: . Learn more.
noun. deceptions. The act or practice of deceiving. Webster's New World. The use of deceit. American Heritage. The fact or condition of being deceived. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud. Webster's New World. A ruse; a trick. American Heritage.
