Engelsk substantiv: deception |
| 1. | deception (om kommunikasjon) a misleading falsehood |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | deceit, misrepresentation |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | falsehood, falsity, untruth |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bill of goods, blind, dissembling, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, exaggeration, facade, feigning, fraudulence, half-truth, hanky panky, hocus-pocus, humbug, jiggery-pokery, magnification, overstatement, pretence, pretense, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, snake oil, snow job, subterfuge, trickery, window dressing |
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| 2. | deception (om handling) the act of deceiving |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | deceit, dissembling, dissimulation |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | falsification, misrepresentation |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bluff, cheat, cheating, chicane, chicanery, delusion, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, feigning, four flush, guile, head game, illusion, impersonation, imposture, indirection, obscurantism, pretence, pretending, pretense, shenanigan, simulation, take-in, trickery, wile |
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| 3. | deception (om handling) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | conjuration, conjuring trick, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | performance |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | card trick, prestidigitation, sleight of hand |
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