Deceptivity

//dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being deceptive. uncountable, usually

    "My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity."

  2. 2
    Something that deceives. rare, uncountable, usually

    "Alas, if he look to the Seen Powers only, he may as well quit the business; his No-thing will never rightly issue as a Thing, but as a Deceptivity, a Sham-thing, — which it had better not do!"

Synonyms

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deceptiondeceptivenesssham

Example

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"My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity."

Etymology

From deceptive + -ity.

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