ludificationn.
/l(j)uːdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Now rare.
A deception or mocking.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > piece or instance of
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ludification1623
rision1656
ridicule1710
jab1905
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
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Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
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Sinonism1864
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phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Ludification, a beguiling.
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. Comm. 612 More gentle and of less Malice were those ludifications and deceptions of Zedechias the Jew.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 181 All [are] like Æthiopians white in the Teeth, only full of ludification and injurious dealing.
a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) iii. §18. 308 Such ludifications of the most sacred things.
1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 198 In order to see whether this ludification be not properly of demons and not of men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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