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Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
Elias Canetti

Meaning of "deceiving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECEIVING

deceiving  [dɪˈsiːvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECEIVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deceiving is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECEIVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

deceiving

Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Definition of deceiving in the English dictionary

The definition of deceiving in the dictionary is the act or practice of deceiving people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECEIVING


approving
əˈpruːvɪŋ
believing
bɪˈliːvɪŋ
carving
ˈkɑːvɪŋ
deserving
dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ
disbelieving
ˌdɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ
grieving
ˈɡriːvɪŋ
hairweaving
ˈhɛəˌwiːvɪŋ
high-achieving
ˌhaɪəˈtʃiːvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
Irving
ˈɜːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
school-leaving
ˌskuːlˈliːvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
sleeving
ˈsliːvɪŋ
starving
ˈstɑːvɪŋ
thieving
ˈθiːvɪŋ
unbelieving
ˌʌnbɪˈliːvɪŋ
unreeving
ʌnˈriːvɪŋ
weaving
ˈwiːvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECEIVING

deceit
deceitful
deceitfully
deceitfulness
deceivability
deceivable
deceivableness
deceivably
deceive
deceiver
deceivingly
decelerate
deceleration
decelerator
decelerometer
deceleron
December
Decembrist
decemvir
decemviral

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECEIVING

assisted living
caregiving
clean-living
cost of living
diving
driving
drunk driving
forgiving
free-living
giving
living
loving
reviving
scuba diving
skydiving
standard of living
striving
surviving
thanksgiving
thriving
unforgiving

Synonyms and antonyms of deceiving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECEIVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deceiving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deceiving

Translation of «deceiving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECEIVING

Find out the translation of deceiving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deceiving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deceiving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

欺骗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

engañando
570 millions of speakers

English

deceiving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धोखा दे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خداع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обманывать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enganando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধোঁকাবাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tromper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menipu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

täuschen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欺く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속이는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapusi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lừa dối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏமாற்றவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फसवणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aldatan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingannando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszukują
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обманювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înșelător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαπάτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mislei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lura
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bedra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deceiving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECEIVING»

The term «deceiving» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.010 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECEIVING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deceiving

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10 QUOTES WITH «DECEIVING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deceiving.
1
Aesop
Appearances are often deceiving.
2
Hannah Arendt
The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
3
Hugo Black
Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.
4
Julie Burchill
I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.
5
Joseph Butler
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.
6
Elias Canetti
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
7
Camillo di Cavour
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
8
Buchi Emecheta
Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in it, but that does not make me a feminist writer. I hate that name. The tag is from the Western world - like we are called the Third World.
9
Theodor Herzl
If anyone thinks that Jews can steal into the land of their fathers, he is deceiving either himself or others. Nowhere is the coming of Jews so promptly noted as in the historic home of the Jews, for the very reason that it is the historic home.
10
David Korten
Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECEIVING»

Discover the use of deceiving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deceiving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Books Can Be Deceiving
When they go to confront him, he's found murdered-and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast before they throw the book at the wrong person.
Jenn McKinlay, 2011
2
Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II
From moving imaginary armies around the desert to putting a corpse with false papers floating in the Mediterranean, and from faking successful bombing campaigns to the convoluted deceptions which kept part of the German forces away from ...
Terry Crowdy, 2011
3
The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount
Lady Phoebe Fairchild is well aware that the ton would be appalled to learn of a young lady of quality involved in a trade.
Julia London, 2007
4
Deceiving the Devil: Atonement, Abuse, and Ransom
Born from traditional models of atonement and modern feminist and liberation theology critiques of these models, Deceiving the Devil provides a contemporary understanding of the question of human evil and the significance of the life and ...
Darby Kathleen Ray, 1998
5
Deceiving the Deceivers: Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy ...
In this riveting book, S. J. Hamrick draws on documentary evidence concealed for almost half a century in reconstructing the complex series of 1947–1951 events that led British intelligence to identify all three as Soviet agents.
S. J. Hamrick, 2008
6
Deceiving (dis)appearances: Analyzing Current Developments ...
Why has integration failed in some cases where opportunity structures are positive, while it has succeeded in others saddled with more limited constraints? The essays in this volume address such fundamental questions.
Harlan Koff, 2007
7
The Self-deceiving Muse: Notice and Knowledge in the Work of Art
"Focuses on the phenomenon of self-deception, and proposes a radical revision of our commonplace understanding of it as a token of irrationality.
Alan Singer, 2010
8
Seeing is Deceiving
As Cam and Alex find themselves getting closer, it's causing Cam's relationship with her best friend Beth to fall apart, and when Alex finds herself and Beth targeted by Thantos, she must make a terrible choice.
H. B. Gilmour, Randi Reisfeld, 2001
9
Seeing Is Deceiving
Seeing is Deceivingis Suzanne North’s second Phoebe Fairfax mystery, and it more than delivers on the promise of the first.
Suzanne North, 1997
10
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Joining forces with his seductive managing editor, Kristen Harden, he discovers not only that Looks Can Be Deceiving but hazardous to your health as well.
Jim Conners, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECEIVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deceiving is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gujarat ATS arrests bootlegger for deceiving Hindu girl
The police are now trying to track the girl and bring her to the police station for her statements. Mail Today Bureau | Mail Today | New Delhi, July ... «India Today, Jul 15»
2
Why Army Generals Are Hiding From President – Read Open Letter …
Idris Ahmed has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging that Nigerian Army generals are hiding away and deceiving ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
3
Bob Tamasy: Outward Appearances Can Be Deceiving
“Beauty is only skin deep – but ugliness goes clear to the bone!” This nonsensical saying dates back to my boyhood years, but underscores our ... «The Chattanoogan, Jul 15»
4
Column: Looks can be deceiving
Lynne Richardson is the dean of the University of Mary Washington's School of Business and a marketing professor. Posted: Sunday, July 5, ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
5
Man admits deceiving murder hunt police after Vine Lane …
A MAN today admitted making false statements to detectives and hampering their investigation into the murder of Redwan El-Ghaidouni in Vine Lane, Hillingdon ... «Hillingdon Times, Jul 15»
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Six-bedroomed period house in the west Cork town is deceiving
Six-bedroomed period house in the west Cork town is deceiving. Saturday, July 04, 2015. By Laurie O'Flynn. Laurie O'Flynn says this six-bedroomed, four ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Greek Main Opposition Leader: The Government Is Deceiving Us
Greek main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras addressed the nation in a televised speech just a few hours after Greek Prime ... «Greek Reporter, Jul 15»
8
Who Is Ghana Bar Association Deceiving?
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has challenged the recent appointment of two Supreme Court (SC) Justices by seeking the correct ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
9
Senator slams for-profit college for 'deceiving' veterans
The University of Phoenix's ability to recruit veterans should be halted pending an investigation of its cozy relationship with the Pentagon, ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
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Looks can be deceiving; Cleburne water safe to drink
James Thomas Mynakha with Kayak Rental Co. at Lake Pat Cleburne paddles through the murky waters on Tuesday. City officials said despite ... «Cleburne Times-Review, Jul 15»

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