Engelsk ordbog



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Engelsk navneord: deception

1. deception (om kommunikation) a misleading falsehood


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)deceit, misrepresentation


Mindre specifikke termerfalsehood, falsity, untruth


Mere specifikke termerbill 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

2. deception (om handling) the act of deceiving


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)deceit, dissembling, dissimulation


Mindre specifikke termerfalsification, misrepresentation


Mere specifikke termerbluff, 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

3. deception (om handling) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)conjuration, conjuring trick, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick


Mindre specifikke termerperformance


Mere specifikke termercard trick, prestidigitation, sleight of hand









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