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deceptive definition
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Grep of noun deceptive deceptiveness Overview of adj deceptive The adj deceptive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) deceptive, delusory -- (causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure") 2. deceptive, misleading -- (tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading") Antonyms of adj deceptive 2 senses of deceptive Sense 1 deceptive, delusory INDIRECT (VIA unreal) -> real Sense 2 deceptive, misleading INDIRECT (VIA dishonest) -> honest, honorable Similarity of adj deceptive 2 senses of deceptive Sense 1 deceptive, delusory => unreal (vs. real) Sense 2 deceptive, misleading => dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable Attributes of adj deceptive Familiarity of adj deceptive deceptive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj deceptive deceptive Overview of adj deceptive The adj deceptive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) deceptive, delusory -- (causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure") 2. deceptive, misleading -- (tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading")
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