dissembling
Noun
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Pretending with intention to deceive (synset 106772060)
subtypes:
- bluff - pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
- pretext, stalking-horse - something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
- hypocrisy, lip service - an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
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The act of deceiving (synset 100753774)
is a type of: falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of factssubtypes:
- fakery - the act of faking (or the product of faking)
- indirection - deceitful action that is not straightforward
- chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- double-dealing, duplicity - acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
- cheat, cheating - a deception for profit to yourself
- delusion, head game, illusion - the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation - the act of giving a false appearance
- impersonation, imposture - pretending to be another person
- obscurantism - a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
- bluff, four flush - the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
- take-in - the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
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