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deception: the act of deceiving

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spoofing collapse

victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

dreamworld collapse

castle in the air collapse

snow job collapse: a long and elaborate misrepresentation

self-deception collapse: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

entrapment collapse: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

misbelief collapse

wrong impression collapse

circumvention collapse: the act of evading by going around

mirage collapse: something illusory and unattainable; an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

kidding collapse

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

song and dance collapse: theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

misconception collapse: an incorrect conception

pipe dream collapse: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

daydream collapse: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"

dereism collapse

phantasm collapse

illusion collapse: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"; an erroneous mental representation

spoof collapse: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

wishful thinking collapse: the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

fooling collapse: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

interment collapse

dissimulation collapse

invisibility collapse: the quality of not being perceivable by the eye

dreamland collapse

entanglement collapse

ignis fatuus collapse

hocus-pocus collapse

gobbledegook collapse

fallacy collapse: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

pretence collapse

darkening collapse: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky"

falseness collapse

delusion collapse: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas; a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"; (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

rip off collapse

vision collapse: the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"; a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"; a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"

foul play collapse: unfair or treacherous behavior (especially involving violence)

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