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deception
Overview of noun deception
The noun deception has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. misrepresentation, deceit, deception -- (a misleading falsehood)
2. deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation -- (the act of deceiving)
3. magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception -- (an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deception
3 senses of deception
Sense 1
misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
=> performance
=> presentation, presentment, demonstration
=> show
=> entertainment, amusement
=> diversion, recreation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun deception
3 senses of deception
Sense 1
misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> bill of goods
=> humbug, snake oil
=> half-truth
=> facade, window dressing
=> exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
=> snow job
=> pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
=> subterfuge, blind
=> trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
=> fraudulence, duplicity
=> evasion, equivocation
Sense 2
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
=> fakery
=> indirection
=> trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
=> duplicity, double-dealing
=> cheat, cheating
=> delusion, illusion, head game
=> pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
=> imposture, impersonation
=> obscurantism
=> bluff, four flush
=> take-in
Sense 3
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
=> card trick
=> prestidigitation, sleight of hand
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deception
3 senses of deception
Sense 1
misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
Sense 2
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
=> falsification, misrepresentaation
Sense 3
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
=> performance
Antonyms of noun deception
Member Holonyms of noun deception
Substance Holonyms of noun deception
Part Holonyms of noun deception
Member Meronyms of noun deception
Substance Meronyms of noun deception
Part Meronyms of noun deception
Meronyms of noun deception
Holonyms of noun deception
Attributes of noun deception
Derived Forms of noun deception
2 of 3 senses of deception
Sense 1
misrepresentation, deceit, deception
RELATED TO>(verb) deceive#1
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 2
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
RELATED TO>(verb) deceive#1
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
RELATED TO>(verb) deceive#2
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Domain of noun deception
Domain Terms of noun deception
Familiarity of noun deception
deception used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun deception
3 senses of deception
Sense 1
misrepresentation, deceit, deception
> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> dodge, dodging, scheme
=> lie, prevarication
=> fabrication, fiction, fable
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> contradiction, contradiction in terms
Sense 2
deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
> falsification, misrepresentaation
=> distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
=> equivocation, tergiversation
=> lying, prevarication, fabrication
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Sense 3
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
> performance
=> dramatic production, dramatic performance
=> encore
=> extemporization, extemporisation, improvisation
=> juggle, juggling
=> magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
=> musical performance
=> one-night stand
=> rendition, rendering, interpretation
=> swan song, last hurrah
=> program, programme
Meronyms of noun deception
3 senses of deception
Sense 3
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception
=> performance
HAS PART: acting, playing, playacting, performing
Holonyms of noun deception
Grep of noun deception
deception
electronic deception
electronic imitative deception
electronic manipulative deception
electronic simulative deception
imitative electronic deception
manipulative electronic deception
self-deception
simulative electronic deception
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