Deviousness

Synonyms for "deviousness" (85 found)

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Noun(3 words)

obliqueness artfulness circuitousness

aberration ambages artfulness bend bias canniness chicanery circling circuitry circularity circulation circumlocution corner corruption

Strong matches (26)

craft crook curve declination deflection departure detour deviation digression discursion dishonesty dishonor divergence diversion dogleg double drift errantry excursion fraudulence

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Noun(5 words)

craftiness crookedness cunning deceitfulness guile

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9 entries

attribute dishonestygeometric propertyindirectnessmoral traitpath propertyproperty quality trait

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7 entries

circuitousness manipulativeness roundaboutness scheming subterfuge tortuosity windiness

Collocations

6 entries

deviousness in researchdeviousness in strategyethical deviousnessmoral deviousnessperceived deviousnesspolitical deviousness

Inflections

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Derivations

2 entries

devious deviously

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