deceptiveness

as incasuistry
as inspeciousness
as inspuriousness
as intergiversation
as indeception
as indelusion
as inequivocation
as infallacy
as infalsity

Synonyms for deceptiveness

noun overgeneral reasoning

Antonyms for deceptiveness

Word Origin & History

1610s, from French deceptif (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin deceptivus, from decept-, past participle stem of Latin decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from French deceptieux, from Medieval Latin deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively; deceptiveness.

Example Sentences for deceptiveness

We have learnt to prize Him in proportion as we have learnt the deceptiveness of all beside!

He had moments through the night of recognizing the deceptiveness of his senses.

And then he laughed at the deceptiveness and the wild humor of his own speech.

College mates of Taylor will recall the deceptiveness of this outward appearance.

Moralizing on the deceptiveness of appearances, Crimmins fortified himself with another slab of cut-plug.

To the eye it appears an ideal country for traveling, but only a very slight experience is necessary to reveal its deceptiveness.

Here then you see the deceptiveness under the above dissembled conversation of Cain with his brother.

A madman was capable of anything; and yet, confound the chap's deceptiveness, he didn't look mad.

Independently of any skill or deceptiveness, this broken painted surface looks effective and lasts long.

deceptiveness

Synonyms for deceptiveness

Antonyms for deceptiveness

deception

delusion

delusions

equivocation

fallacies

deceptiveness

Synonyms for deceptiveness

Antonyms for deceptiveness

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