Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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deception | Yes | No | No | No |
pretense | Yes | No | No | No |
deception (noun) | pretense (noun) |
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the act of deceiving | the act of giving a false appearance |
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | a false or unsupportable quality |
a misleading falsehood | an artful or simulated semblance |
imaginative intellectual play | |
pretending with intention to deceive |