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| 1. | [ adjective ] causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | |
| Synonyms: | delusory | |
| Examples: | "deceptive calm" "a delusory pleasure" |
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| Related terms: | unreal | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | |
| Synonyms: | misleading | |
| Examples: | "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm" "deliberately deceptive packaging" "a misleading similarity" "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading" |
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| Related terms: | dishonest | |
| Similar spelling: |
deceptively deception Decapterus |
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