Deceitfulness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Disposition or tendency to deceive or mislead; the quality of being deceitful.
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  • noun. The disposition to deceive.
  • noun. The quality of being deceitful.
  • noun. Tendency to mislead or deceive.
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  • noun. The state or quality of being deceitful.
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  • noun. the quality of being crafty
    • Word Usage
    "Now duplicity does not seem to pertain to lust, but rather to deceitfulness, which is a daughter of covetousness, according to Gregory (Moral. xxxi, 45)."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disingenuousness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abstruseness  artfulness  boastfulness  chicane  circumvention  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    covin  cunning  fraud  guile  
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