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Meanings of deceptiveness in English

Catalan
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The quality of being deceptive.

obliqüitat

Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.

Synonyms
Examples for "illusion"
Examples for "illusion"
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However, there should be no illusion: there are no press freedom implications.
The Guardian
2
However, Bernanke suggested emerging market authorities are suffering from an optical illusion.
Reuters
3
And the interesting situation was that we managed to create the illusion.
The new yorker
4
Of course, you could say that free will is an illusion anyway.
A briefer history of time
5
And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion.
The Daily Telegraph
1
The deception of the public continues, the paper said in an editorial.
The Irish Times
2
Pharaoh's main problem was that too many people knew about the deception.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
3
It takes a certain sort of dangerous intelligence to maintain such deception.
The Oracle Glass
4
What I do in the way of deception I do in self-defense.
In the Wilderness
5
Jouret continued the deception, however, because it appealed to his showman's nature.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
1
Unfortunately, the suggestion is not practical; a fallacy is concealed in it.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
2
The compositional fallacy, however, makes it tempting to believe that it is.
Economics Without Illusions
3
However, the American Founders perceived that this proposition contained a huge fallacy.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
4
The fallacy of division is the converse of the fallacy of composition.
Practical Argumentation
5
The former fallacy pervaded the speeches of the acute and learned Eldon.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
Usage of deceptiveness in English
1
The acquired deceptiveness of the world of men was leaving them.
The Emigrant Trail
2
She was not yet used to the deceptiveness of Japanese appearances.
Kimono
3
That's the deceptiveness and the deceitfulness of the human heart.
Lord, change my attitude: before its too late
4
He is ever watchful for the deceptiveness of appearances, ever prepared to admit everything, to explain everything, and to believe nothing-butwhat he sees.
Bucholz and the Detectives
5
From there, the options were scrutinized by Marine snipers for visual deceptiveness in daylight and darkness (using night-vision goggles) before being electronically altered again.
Wired
6
"That sounds pleasant," Shai said, smiling her most genuine smile-theone that had an edge of overt deceptiveness to it.
Arcanum Unbounded
Translations for deceptiveness
Deceptiveness through the time