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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 refers to the act—big or small, cruel or kind—of encouraging people to believe information that is not true. Lying is a common form of deception—stating something known to be...
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 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. Deception occurs when you deceive, a word that comes from the Latin de-meaning "from" and capere, meaning "to take."
Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time.
[countable] a trick intended to make somebody believe something that is not true synonym deceit. The whole episode had been a cruel deception. His elaborate deception fooled everyone.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧cep‧tion /dɪˈsepʃən/ noun [ countable, uncountable] the act of deliberately making someone believe something that is not true → deceive She didn’t have the courage to admit to her deception. He was convicted of obtaining money by deception.
the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. something that deceives or is intended to deceive ; fraud; artifice. Synonyms: imposture , hoax , wile , ruse , stratagem , trick
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.
