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deceptiveness: the quality of being deceptive

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spoofing collapse

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

snow job collapse: a long and elaborate misrepresentation

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

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

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

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

speciousness collapse: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"

song and dance collapse: theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

phantasm collapse

casuistry collapse: moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas; argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

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

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"

deception collapse: the act of deceiving

entanglement collapse

falsity collapse: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"

sophistry collapse

fallacy collapse: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

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

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