something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.
Origin
1400-50;late Middle Englishdecepcioun < Old French < Late Latindēceptiōn- (stem of dēceptiō), equivalent to Latindēcept(us) (past participle of dēcipere; see deceive) + -iōn--ion
Related forms
nondeception, noun
predeception, noun
Synonyms
2. trick, stratagem, ruse, wile, hoax, imposture.
Examples from the web for deception
Sometimes it's called propaganda and advertising and sometimes hypocrisy, lying and deception.
Self-deception proves itself to be more powerful than deception.
In one moment my marriage was unveiled as deception.
You can ferret out such deception, but it takes a lot of effort.
To make rotten politics smell better by wrapping them in clean paper is the goal of "spin," or deception, not of framing.
He found a culture of arrogance, deception, and cover-up at the agency.
There's a lot of deception.
Incentives always reward exceptional performance or exceptional deception; in most cases deception is the easier route.
If there was deception, it was of the most innocent kind.
He was acquitted of deception and assaulting a police officer.
British Dictionary definitions for deception
deception
/dɪˈsɛpʃən/
noun
1.
the act of deceiving or the state of being deceived
2.
something that deceives; trick
Word Origin and History for deception
n.
early 15c., from Middle French déception (13c., decepcion) or directly from Late Latin deceptionem (nominative deceptio) "a deceiving," from Latin decept-, past participle stem of decipere (see deceive).