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deception, deceit, dissimulation

n. the act of deceiving

pretense, feigning

n. pretending with intention to deceive

dissimulating, dissimulative

adj. concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive; "dissimulative arts"

deception, misrepresentation, deceit

n. a misleading falsehood

dishonesty, knavery

n. lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

masquerade

n. making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

feint

n. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)

pretence, guise, pretext

n. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

appearance, show

n. pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"

hustle, bunco, bunko, con, gyp, sting, flimflam, confidence game, con game, bunco game, bunko game

n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy

n. an act of deliberate betrayal

fraud

n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

heist, rip-off

n. the act of stealing

trick

n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"

mask

n. a covering to disguise or conceal the face

face

n. the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"

pretence, guise, pretext

n. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

disguise, camouflage

n. an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"

look, expression, aspect

n. the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"

appearance, visual aspect

n. outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

semblance, color, colour

n. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

reputation

n. the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"

dignity, self-respect, self-esteem, self-regard

n. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"

prevarication, lie

n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

obsequious, bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish

adj. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

buttery, fulsome, smarmy, unctuous

adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

Janus-faced, two-faced, deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, double-tongued

adj. professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

hollow, false

adj. deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"

gilded, spurious, meretricious, specious

adj. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"

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