Täuschung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chicanery noun Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
- deceit noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- deception noun An action or scheme designed to make someone believe something untrue.
- delusion noun A firmly held false belief, maintained even against clear evidence.
- fallacy noun A mistaken belief, especially one based on flawed reasoning.
- guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
- sleight noun Skillful, quick trickery, especially in performing a deceptive feat with the hands.
- subterfuge noun A trick or deceptive scheme used to avoid something or achieve a hidden goal.
Senses
Täuschung is used for these senses in English:
- chicanery (uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
- deceit An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- deceit (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
- deception An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
- delusion The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- delusion That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- fallacy Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- guile Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
chicanery — full definition
- noun Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
- noun An individual act of trickery or deception.
- noun The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.
deceit — full definition
- noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- noun In law, a false statement made knowingly or recklessly to trick someone into relying on it, causing them harm.