deceptivenessn.
The quality of being deceptive.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > quality of
swikeldoma1250
swikelhedea1250
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deceit1303
falsenessc1330
fraud?a1400
dolosity1401
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deceivableness1526
knavishness1528
braidienessa1600
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trickiness1723
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deceptiveness1837
snakiness1842
sophistic1868
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > delusive nature
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illusoriness1727
deceptiveness1837
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. vi. 321 An Executive ‘pretending’, really with less and less deceptiveness now, ‘to be dead’.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxx. 506 A characteristic deceptiveness that must have comprehended self-deceit.
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