deception
UK/dɪˈsɛpʃən/
deception noun: an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
Noun
deception (countable and uncountable, plural deceptions)
- An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
- deliberate deception
- pure deception
- Synonyms:
- imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus, jugglery, legerdemain, list
deception meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
deception in Hindi
- instance of actions fabricated to mislead
- धोखा dhokhā, छल chal, झाँसा jhā̃sā
deception in Tamil
- ஏமாற்றுதல், சூது, தவறான வழி காட்டுதல், வஞ்சகம்
deception in Urdu
- instance of actions fabricated to mislead
- دھوکا dhokhā, فریب farīb
deception in Bengali
- instance of actions fabricated to mislead
- প্রবঞ্চনা proboncona
More languagesFewer languages
- deception in Malayalam
- ചതി, വഞ്ചന, തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണ, കൃത്രിമം
- deception in Kannada
- ಮೋಸ, ತೋಹು, ಚದಿ, ಉಕ್ಕಿವ
- deception in Punjabi
- ਧੋਖਾ dhokhā
- deception in Odia
- ଚେଁଖ cẽkha
- deception in Sanskrit
- जाल jā́la
- deception in Pashto
- چل čal
- deception in Arabic
- خِدَاع ḵidāʕ, خَدْع ḵadʕ
- deception in Malay
- penipuan
- deception in Persian
- فریب farib
- deception in Thai
- การหลอกลวง
- deception in Vietnamese
- sự lừa dối
Examples of deception in a sentence
- She got the money out of the tourist by deception.
- The Priest also places a moral barrier between himself and his tale by establishing himself as an "unreliable narrator" capable of deception and irony.1969 September, Charles A. Watkins, “Chaucer’s Sweete Preest”, in Earl R. Wasserman et al., editors, ELH [English Literary History], volume...
Synonyms of deception
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Forms of deception
| plural | deceptions |
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Origin of deception
From Middle English decepcioun, from Old French decepcion, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive”).
Words formed from deception
Phrases with deception
Questions about deception
- What does deception mean?
- Deception means an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
- What is deception in Hindi?
- Deception in Hindi is धोखा (dhokhā), छल (chal), झाँसा (jhā̃sā). See Deception meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use deception in a sentence?
- She got the money out of the tourist by deception.
- What part of speech is deception?
- Deception is a noun.
- How do you pronounce deception?
- Deception is pronounced /dɪˈsɛpʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of deception?
- The plural of deception is deceptions.
Words near deception in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deception (page history and authors); deception (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deception (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deception (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਧੋਖਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଚେଁଖ (Odia) (page history and authors); जाल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); چل (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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