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deceptiveness

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de·cep·tive  (d-sptv)
adj.
Deceptive or tending to deceive.
de·ceptive·ness n.
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Noun1.deceptiveness - the quality of being deceptive
obliquity
dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest
meretriciousness, speciousness - an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"
Translations
deceptiveness [dɪˈseptɪvnɪs] N → carácter m engañoso
deceptiveness
n → Täuschende(s) nt; the deceptiveness of the effects of perspective → die trügerischen Effekte der Perspektive; beware of the deceptiveness of statistics → Vorsicht, Statistiken sind irreführend
deceptiveness [dɪˈsɛptɪvnɪs] n → carattere m ingannevole; (deliberate) → carattere infido
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