deception

de·cep·tion

D0071200 (dĭ-sĕp′shən)n.1. The use of deceit.2. The fact or state of being deceived.3. A ruse; a trick.

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[Middle English decepcioun, from Old French deception, from Late Latin dēceptiō, dēceptiōn-, from Latin dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere, to deceive; see deceive.]

deception

(dɪˈsɛpʃən) n1. the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived2. something that deceives; trick

de•cep•tion

(dɪˈsɛp ʃən)

n. 1. the act of deceiving, or the state of being deceived. 2. something that deceives or is intended to deceive; trick; ruse. [1400–50; late Middle English decepcioun < Old French < Late Latin dēceptiō= Latin dēcep-, variant s. of dēcipere (see deceive) + -tiō -tion]

deception

Those measures designed to mislead the enemy by manipulation, distortion, or falsification of evidence to induce the enemy to react in a manner prejudicial to the enemy's interests. See also counterdeception; military deception.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deception - a misleading falsehood misrepresentation, deceitbill of goods - communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable; "they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car"humbug, snake oil - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceivefalsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statementhalf-truth - a partially true statement intended to deceive or misleadwindow dressing, facade - a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasantoverstatement, exaggeration, magnification - making to seem more important than it really issnow job - a long and elaborate misrepresentationdissembling, feigning, pretense, pretence - pretending with intention to deceivesubterfuge, blind - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some wayduplicity, fraudulence - a fraudulent or duplicitous representationequivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
	2.	deception - the act of deceivingdissimulation, dissembling, deceitfalsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of factsfakery - the act of faking (or the product of faking)indirection - deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)double-dealing, duplicity - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of anothercheating, cheat - a deception for profit to yourselfhead game, illusion, delusion - the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideaspretending, pretense, feigning, simulation, pretence - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"imposture, impersonation - pretending to be another personobscurantism - a deliberate act intended to make something obscurefour flush, bluff - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cardstake-in - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
	3.	deception - an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observersconjuring trick, legerdemain, magic trick, thaumaturgy, magic, conjuration, illusion, trickperformance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"card trick - a trick performed with playing cardsprestidigitation, sleight of hand - manual dexterity in the execution of tricks

deception

noun1. trickery, fraud, deceit, hypocrisy, cunning, treachery, guile, duplicity, insincerity, legerdemain, dissimulation, craftiness, fraudulence, deceitfulness, deceptiveness He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.
trickery honesty, openness, fidelity, candour, frankness, truthfulness, trustworthiness, straightforwardness, artlessness, scrupulousness2. trick, lie, fraud, cheat, bluff, sham, snare, hoax, decoy, ruse, artifice, subterfuge, canard, feint, stratagem, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), wile, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), leg-pull (Brit. informal), imposture, snow job (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.Quotations
"O what a tangled web we weave,"
"When first we practise to deceive!" [Walter Scott Marmion]
"you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time" [ascribed to Abraham Lincoln]
"One may smile, and smile, and be a villain" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
"We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]

deception

noun1. The act or practice of deceiving:cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, shiftiness.2. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:artifice, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile.Informal: shenanigan, take-in.

Translations

欺骗

deception

(diˈsepʃən) noun (an act of) deceiving. Deception is difficult in these circumstances. 欺騙 欺骗deˈceptive (-tiv) adjective deceiving; misleading. Appearances may be deceptive. 騙人的 骗人的deˈceptively adjectiveShe is deceptively shy. 騙人地 骗人地