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DECEPTION meaning: 1. the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage: 2. the act of hiding the truth…. Learn more.
2 meanings: 1. the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived 2. something that deceives; trick.... Click for more definitions.
SYNONYMY NOTE: deception is applied to anything that deceives, whether by design or illusion; fraud suggests deliberate deception in dishonestly depriving a person of property, rights, etc.; subterfuge suggests an artifice or stratagem used to deceive others and to evade something or gain some end; trickery implies the use of tricks or ruses in deceiving others; chicanery implies the use of petty trickery and subterfuge, esp. in legal actions
DECEPTION meaning: 1 : the act of making someone believe something that is not true the act of deceiving someone; 2 : an act or statement intended to make people believe something that is not true
Definition of deception noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DECEPTION meaning: the act of deceiving someone by making them believe something that is not true: . Learn more.
DECEPTION definition: the act of deceiving someone by making them believe something that is not true: . Learn more.
