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| deceptive practice ricky jay: Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women Ricky Jay, 1998 A popular magician offers a guide to the most exotic entertainers in the history of showbusiness--from the amazing feats of handicapped individuals to the unusual talents of trained animals |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Jay's Journal of Anomalies Ricky Jay, 2003 This excursion into the history of bizarre entertainments includes armless calligraphers, mathematical dogs, tightrope-walking fleas and assorted quacks, flimflammers and charlatans of spectacle. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Cards as Weapons Ricky Jay, 1988 A tongue-in-cheek look at the newest method of self-defense details the history of card-throwing, exercises to improve your throwing ability, and fantastic stunts |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Extraordinary Exhibitions Ricky Jay, 2005 An informal history of sensational, scientific, silly, satisfying, and startling attractions based on seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth-century broadsides from Ricky Jay's extraordinary collection. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Matthias Buchinger Ricky Jay, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2016 Published to accompany the exhibition Wordplay: Matthais Buchinger's inventive drawings from the collection of Ricky Jay held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 5-April 11, 2016. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: No Logo Naomi Klein, 2000-01-15 What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands. Billy Bragg from the bookjacket. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Preparing for Takeoff Arthur Vincie, 2013 Preparing for Takeoff focuses entirely on the preproduction process from the perspectives of both the director and producer. It empowers independent filmmakers with the tools and techniques they need to finish their movie on time, within budget, and dodge the pitfalls that can be easily avoided with some careful planning. Readers will learn everything there is to know about effectively planning for a film, including previsualization, location scouting, script analysis, financing, casting, and much more. This book not only helps readers prepare for what to encounter during shooting, but also offers preparation tips for postproduction, marketing, and distribution. The accompanying website includes a bonus chapter, sample script analyses, sample budgets, and exercises that can be applied to the reader's own projects. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Diversity Style Guide Rachele Kanigel, 2018-10-15 New diversity style guide helps journalists write with authority and accuracy about a complex, multicultural world A companion to the online resource of the same name, The Diversity Style Guide raises the consciousness of journalists who strive to be accurate. Based on studies, news reports and style guides, as well as interviews with more than 50 journalists and experts, it offers the best, most up-to-date advice on writing about underrepresented and often misrepresented groups. Addressing such thorny questions as whether the words Black and White should be capitalized when referring to race and which pronouns to use for people who don't identify as male or female, the book helps readers navigate the minefield of names, terms, labels and colloquialisms that come with living in a diverse society. The Diversity Style Guide comes in two parts. Part One offers enlightening chapters on Why is Diversity So Important; Implicit Bias; Black Americans; Native People; Hispanics and Latinos; Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Arab Americans and Muslim Americans; Immigrants and Immigration; Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation; People with Disabilities; Gender Equality in the News Media; Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Suicide; and Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Industry. Part Two includes Diversity and Inclusion Activities and an A-Z Guide with more than 500 terms. This guide: Helps journalists, journalism students, and other media writers better understand the context behind hot-button words so they can report with confidence and sensitivity Explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that certain words can alienate a source or infuriate a reader Provides writers with an understanding that diversity in journalism is about accuracy and truth, not political correctness. Brings together guidance from more than 20 organizations and style guides into a single handy reference book The Diversity Style Guide is first and foremost a guide for journalists, but it is also an important resource for journalism and writing instructors, as well as other media professionals. In addition, it will appeal to those in other fields looking to make informed choices in their word usage and their personal interactions. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: This is Your Brain on Music Daniel Levitin, 2019-07-04 From the author of The Changing Mind and The Organized Mind comes a New York Times bestseller that unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music ***** 'What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?' Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. From Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally-bestselling author Daniel Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience. In This Is Your Brain On Music Levitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand music, and what it can teach us about ourselves. ***** 'Music seems to have an almost wilful, evasive quality, defying simple explanation, so that the more we find out, the more there is to know . . . Daniel Levitin's book is an eloquent and poetic exploration of this paradox' Sting 'You'll never hear music in the same way again' Classic FM magazine 'Music, Levitin argues, is not a decadent modern diversion but something of fundamental importance to the history of human development' Literary Review |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Public Domain James Boyle, Erika Garcia, 2017-11-25 In this insightful book you will discover the range wars of the new information age, which is today's battles dealing with intellectual property. Intellectual property rights marks the ground rules for information in today's society, including today's policies that are unbalanced and unspupported by any evidence. The public domain is vital to innovation as well as culture in the realm of material that is protected by property rights. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Harbinger Jonathan Cahn, 2011 An anonymous man has received nine seals from The Prophet, with each seal containing mysterious sayings and prophecies from the Book of Isaiah about America's recent past and possible future destruction. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Children, Ethics, and the Law Gerald P. Koocher, Patricia Keith-Spiegel, 1993 Koocher and Keith-Spiegel introduce the reader to a variety of ethical and legal dilemmas that may arise for mental-health professionals working with children, adolescents, and their families. They offer advice on how to analyze problematic situations and arrive at appropriate decisions. A unique feature of the book is the inclusion of more than 130 vignettes drawn from court decisions and actual clinical incidents. Covering such topics as counseling in schools, psychotherapy in private practice, research in university laboratories, and testifying in court, the authors address a broad spectrum of concerns for professionals who attend to the mental health needs of children. Gerald P. Koocher is chief psychologist at Boston's Children's Hospital and an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. He is editor of the journal Ethics and Behavior and coauthor, with John E. O'Malley, of The Damocles Syndrome: Psycho-social Consequences of Surviving Childhood Cancer . |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Decoded Jay-Z, 2010-12-07 Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time. Praise for Decoded “Compelling . . . provocative, evocative . . . Part autobiography, part lavishly illustrated commentary on the author’s own work, Decoded gives the reader a harrowing portrait of the rough worlds Jay-Z navigated in his youth, while at the same time deconstructing his lyrics.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “One of a handful of books that just about any hip hop fan should own.”—The New Yorker “Elegantly designed, incisively written . . . an impressive leap by a man who has never been known for small steps.”—Los Angeles Times “A riveting exploration of Jay-Z’s journey . . . So thoroughly engrossing, it reads like a good piece of cultural journalism.”—The Boston Globe “Shawn Carter’s most honest airing of the experiences he drew on to create the mythic figure of Jay-Z . . . The scenes he recounts along the way are fascinating.”—Entertainment Weekly “Hip-hop’s renaissance man drops a classic. . . . Heartfelt, passionate and slick.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: La Technique Jacques Pepin, Outlet, 1986-04-01 Catalogues nearly two hundred of the most useful culinary techniques, providing detailed, step-by-step descriptions and illustrations of basic skills and procedures in kitchen and dining room |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Art and Artifice Jim Steinmeyer, 2006 From the author of Hiding the Elephant and The Glorious Deception comes a collection of five essays that shows how the great stage illusions were integrally products of their time, based on the traditions and fashions of the people, and the offspring of the incredible, inventive personalities who brought them to the stage. Like no other author, Jim Steinmeyer gives us insight into the timeless appeal of magic. His human subjects include such characters as Steele MacKaye, Maskelyne, David Devant, P.T. Selbit, Horace Goldin, and Charles Morritt. Illusions he discusses include: The Mascot Moth, Sawing a Lady in Halves, and Morritt's Disappearing Donkey. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Critical Thinking Gregory Bassham, 2008 Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Hollywood's Indian Peter Rollins, 2011-01-23 Offering both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of the industry's output, Hollywood's Indian provides insightful characterizations of the depiction of the Native Americans in film. This updated edition includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals , the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. Taken as a whole the essays explore the many ways in which these portrayals have made an impact on our collective cultural life. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Exemplars from the Ricky Jay Collection Ricky Jay, 2021-09-17 |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Trump and Me Mark Singer, 2016 An updated portrait of the business mogul and presidential candidate, written by his ... chronicler and the author of Funny Money, traces Trump's rise as [a] ... tribune of populist rage--NoveList. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Old Religion David Mamet, 2002-05-01 “Mamet’s intellectual rigor is evident on every page. There is not a wasted word” in this novel based on the wrongful murder conviction of a Jewish man (Time Out). In 1913, a young woman was found murdered in the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. The investigation focused on the Jewish manager of the factory, Leo Frank, who was subsequently forced to stand trial for the crime he didn’t commit and railroaded to a life sentence in prison. Shortly after being incarcerated, he was abducted from his cell and lynched in front of a gleeful mob. In vividly re-imagining these horrifying events, Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Mamet inhabits the consciousness of the condemned man to create a novel whose every word seethes with anger over prejudice and injustice. The Old Religion is infused with the dynamic force and the remarkable ear that have made David Mamet one of the most acclaimed voices of our time. It stands beside To Kill a Mockingbird as a powerful exploration of justice, racism, and the “rush to judgment.” “Mamet’s philosophical intensity, concision, and unpredictable narrative strategies are at their full power.” —The Washington Post “In this historical novel, playwright, filmmaker, and novelist Mamet presents disturbing cameos of Jewish uncertainty in a Christian world.” —Library Journal “The horror of the story is beautifully countered by the unusual grace of Mamet’s prose.” —The Irish Times |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Dr. Feelgood Richard A. Lertzman, William J. Birnes, 2013-05-01 Doctor Max Jacobson, whom the Secret Service under President John F. Kennedy code-named “Dr. Feelgood,” developed a unique “energy formula” that altered the paths of some of the twentieth century’s most iconic figures, including President and Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis. JFK received his first injection (a special mix of “vitamins and hormones,” according to Jacobson) just before his first debate with Vice President Richard Nixon. The shot into JFK’s throat not only cured his laryngitis, but also diminished the pain in his back, allowed him to stand up straighter, and invigorated the tired candidate. Kennedy demolished Nixon in that first debate and turned a tide of skepticism about Kennedy into an audience that appreciated his energy and crispness. What JFK didn’t know then was that the injections were actually powerful doses of a combination of highly addictive liquid methamphetamine and steroids. Author and researcher Rick Lertzman and New York Times bestselling author Bill Birnes reveal heretofore unpublished material about the mysterious Dr. Feelgood. Through well-researched prose and interviews with celebrities including George Clooney, Jerry Lewis, Yogi Berra, and Sid Caesar, the authors reveal Jacobson’s vast influence on events such as the assassination of JFK, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy-Khrushchev Vienna Summit, the murder of Marilyn Monroe, the filming of the C. B. DeMille classic The Ten Commandments, and the work of many of the great artists of that era. Jacobson destroyed the lives of several famous patients in the entertainment industry and accidentally killed his own wife, Nina, with an overdose of his formula. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Magic of Johnny Thompson Jamy Ian Swiss, David Ben, Karl Johnson, Johnny Thompson, 2018 |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Self-Working Card Tricks Karl Fulves, 2012-04-30 Noted magician and magic authority offers 72 tricks that work automatically through nature of card deck. No sleight of hand needed. Often spectacular. 42 illustrations. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Jay's Journal Anonymous, 2012-09-25 Originally published: New York: Times Books, 1979. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Dice Ricky Jay, 2007-10-30 Plato said God invented dice. This we learn from one of the fascinating essays, which take readers from the origins of dice to the myriad forms of cheating throughout history. Rosamond Purcell's luminous photographs transform dice made from unstable celluloid into an art form. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Celebrations of Curious Characters Ricky Jay, 2011 Profiles unique entertainers, including musical prodigies, cannon-ball catchers, conmen, card cheats, and other side-show performers and oddities. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Second Oswald Richard H. Popkin, 2008-03 Who killed Kennedy? Many keen minds have their doubts about the findings of the Warren Commission. Could Oswald have fired 3 shots in 5.6 seconds with the inaccurate rifle he had - and hit a moving target? Did he even kill patrolman Tippit (the bullets in the body were smaller than the barrel of his revolver)? Was the brown paper bag made only to attract attention? Was Bullet No. 399 a plant? Suppose there was a Second Oswald - a man very similar physically and an expert marksman? Such a man was seen both before and at the time of the murder. Was there a rifleman on the knoll as well as at the Book Depository window? If so this was one of the greatest - and most successful conspiracies of modern times... THE SECOND OSWALD has been called the first plausible and significant argumentation on the Kennedy assassination. It takes into account the books by Edward J. Epstein, Mark Lane and Harold Weisberg. Too much was attempted too quickly. Professor Popkin believes that Lee Harvey Oswald may have been innocent and no more than a decoy in a plot to kill the President. His job may have been to divert suspicion and be arrested. A startling alternative to the 'Single Assassin' theory. For an author bio and photo, reviews and a reading sample, visit bosonbooks.com. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Schools of Thought Rexford Brown, 1993-08-10 As a result of his visits to classrooms across the nation, Brown has compiled an engaging, thought-provoking collection of classroom vignettes which show the ways in which national, state, and local school politics translate into changed classroom practices. Captures the breadth, depth, and urgency of education reform.--Bill Clinton. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: In the Shadow of No Towers Art Spiegelman, 2020-07-21 |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Stars of Magic George Starke, Doctor Jacob Daley, Bruce Eliott, 2017-06-20 If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book you have no business calling yourself a close-up magician. The magic by John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, S. Leo Horowitz, Emil Jarrow, Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jacob Daley, Tony Slydini, Ross Bertram, Nate Leipzig, and Max Malini helped shape the art of close-up magic as we know it.It has often been said that mastering the magic in this book will make you an accomplished close-up and sleight-of-hand artist. In many ways, it contains all the magic you need to build a professional caliber repertoire. Many have earned a living performing these routines and now you can too.Includes: 41 incredible routines by 11 incredible artists, a historical introduction and a bonus section with private correspondence related to the Stars Of Magic. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Serious Daring Susan Letzler Cole, 2016-11-01 Serious Daring is the story of the complementary journeys of two American women artists, celebrated fiction writer Eudora Welty and internationally acclaimed photographer Rosamond Purcell, each of whom initially practiced, but then turned from, the art form ultimately pursued by the other. For both Welty and Purcell, the art realized is full of the art seemingly abandoned. Welty’s short stories and novels use images of photographs, photographers, and photography. Purcell photographed books, texts, and writing. Both women make compelling art out of the seeming tension between literary and visual cultures. Purcell wrote a memoir in which photographs became endnotes. Welty re-emerged as a photographer through the publication of four volumes of what she called her “snapshots,” magnificent black-and-white photographs of small-town Mississippi and New York City life. Serious Daring is a fascinating look at how the road not taken can stubbornly accompany the chosen path, how what is seemingly left behind can become a haunting and vital presence in life and art. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Character Studies Mark Singer, 2006-09 In these characteristically incisive essays, Mark Singer profiles eccentrics, monomaniacs, and other remarkable people he thinks we ought to meet. He takes us into the worlds of the sleight-of-hand master Ricky Jay, the ardent bibliophile Michael Zinman, and better-known personalities such as the entrepreneur Donald Trump and the meticulous filmmaker Martin Scorsese. He interviews a devoted fan of the cowboy movie star Tom Mix and a group of Texans who are determined to recover the skull of Pancho Villa from Yale's Skull and Bones society, among others. A riveting tour of obsession, Character Studies reveals the passions that drive the ordinary, the quirky, and the truly, fanatically fixated. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Verbal Behavior Burrhus Frederic Skinner, 1957 |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Bloodlines of the Illuminati: Fritz Springmeier, 2019-03-04 The iLLamanati have emerged from hidden places of the Earth to shed light on the dark side of human endeavors by collating and publishing literature on the secrets of the Illuminati. Representing the Grand Llama, an omniscient, extradimensional light being who is channeled by our Vice-Admiral, Captain Space Kitten, the iLLamanati is organized around a cast of interstellar characters who have arrived on Earth to wage a battle for the light.Bloodlines of the Illuminati was written by Fritz Springmeier. He wrote and self-published it as a public domain .pdf in 1995. This seminal book has been republished as a three-volume set by the iLLamanati.Volume 1 has the first eight of the 13 Top Illuminati bloodlines: Astor, Bundy, Collins, DuPont, Freeman, Kennedy, Li, and Onassis.Volume 2 has the remaining five of the 13 Top Illuminati bloodlines: Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russell, Van Duyn, and Merovingian.Volume 3 has four other prominent Illuminati bloodlines: Disney, Reynolds, McDonald, and Krupps. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Invisible Philip Ball, 2015-04-08 Science is said to be on the verge of achieving the ancient dream of making objects invisible. Invisible is a biography of an idea, tied to the history of science over the longue duree. Taking in Plato to today s science, Ball shows us that the stories we have told about invisibility are not in fact about technical capability but about power, sex, concealment, morality, and corruption. Precisely because they refer to matters that lie beyond our senses, unseen beings and worlds have long been a repository for hopes, fears, and suppressed desires. Ideas of invisibility are, like all ideas rooted in legend, ultimately parables about our own potential and weaknesses. Invisible presents the first comprehensive survey of the roles that the idea of invisibility has played throughout time and culture. This territory takes us from medieval grimoires to cutting-edge nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to early cinematography, and from beliefs about ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy. Invisible reveals what our age-old fantasies about what lurks unseen, and whether we can enter that realm ourselves, truly say about us. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Tao of Jeet Kune Do Bruce Lee, 2006-11 Book & slipcase. Compiled from Bruce Lee's notes and essays and originally published in 1975, Tao of Jeet Kune Do is the best-selling martial arts book in the world. This iconic work explains the science and philosophy behind jeet kune do -- the art Lee invented -- and includes hundreds of Lee's illustrations. Topics include Zen and enlightenment, kicking, striking, grappling, and footwork. With introductions by Linda Lee and editor Gilbert Johnson, Tao of Jeet Kune Do is essential reading for any practitioner and offers a brief glimpse into the mind of one of the world's greatest martial artists. This limited edition features a slipcase and each copy is personally signed by Linda Lee Cadwell and Shannon Lee. Includes a signed, numbered certificate. Only 500 copies available. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Brothers in Berets Forrest L. Marion, 2018 The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) special tactics community is a small, tight-knit brotherhood of proficient and committed warriors, consisting of special tactics officers and combat controllers, combat rescue officers and pararescuemen, and officer and enlisted special operations weathermen. These warriors have consistently proven themselves to be an invaluable force multiplier throughout history in conflicts around the world. This is their story.--Provided by publisher. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: The Health Robbers Stephen Barrett, William T. Jarvis, 1993 And it answers such questions as: Are 'organic' foods worth their extra cost? Can acupuncture cure anything? Will vitamin B[subscript 12] shots pep me up? Can diet cure arthritis? Will spinal adjustments help my health? Will amino acids 'pump up' my muscles? Where can reliable information be obtained? and What's the best way to get good medical care? Even if the answers to some of these questions seem obvious, the details in this volume, written in an informative, highly readable, and easy-to-understand style, will astound you. Quackery often leads to harm because it turns ill people away from legitimate and trusted therapeutic procedures. However, its heaviest toll is in financial loss not only to those who pay directly, but to everyone who pays for bogus treatments through taxes, insurance premiums, and other ways that are less obvious. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Rose's Royal Midgets and Other Little People of Vaudeville Trav Sd, 2021-01-23 Hardcover, Color edition. A treasure trove of vintage postcards and photographs accompanied by the history of the unique Rose's Royal Midgets and Other Little People of Vaudeville. |
| deceptive practice ricky jay: Thinking the Impossible Ramón Riobóo, 2012-07 |
DECEPTIVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DECEPTIVE is tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive. How to use deceptive in a …
DECEPTIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DECEPTIVE definition: 1. making you believe something that is not true: 2. making you believe something that is not…. Learn more.
deceptive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...
Definition of deceptive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Deceptive - definition of deceptive by The Free Dictionary
deceptive - causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
DECEPTIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true. Appearances can be deceptive. Synonyms: misleading , false , fake , mock More Synonyms of deceptive
DECEPTIVE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Deceptive means intended to or tending to deceive—to lie, mislead, or otherwise hide or distort the truth. Deceptive is typically used to describe an action or something that deceives or is …
Deceptive Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
DECEPTIVE meaning: 1 : intended to make someone believe something that is not true; 2 : likely to make someone believe something that is not true
deceptive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Apr 14, 2025 · deceptive (comparative more deceptive, superlative most deceptive) Likely or attempting to deceive. Synonyms: misleading; see also Thesaurus: deceptive
What does deceptive mean? - Definitions.net
Deceptive refers to the act or practice of deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. It involves misleading, …
DECEPTIVE Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for DECEPTIVE: misleading, false, deceitful, deceiving, incorrect, specious, ambiguous, delusive; Antonyms of DECEPTIVE: straightforward, forthright, direct, plain, …
DECEPTIVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DECEPTIVE is tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive. How to use deceptive in a …
DECEPTIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DECEPTIVE definition: 1. making you believe something that is not true: 2. making you believe something that is not…. Learn more.
deceptive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...
Definition of deceptive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Deceptive - definition of deceptive by The Free Dictionary
deceptive - causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
DECEPTIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true. Appearances can be deceptive. Synonyms: misleading , false , fake , mock More Synonyms of deceptive
DECEPTIVE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Deceptive means intended to or tending to deceive—to lie, mislead, or otherwise hide or distort the truth. Deceptive is typically used to describe an action or something that deceives or is …
Deceptive Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
DECEPTIVE meaning: 1 : intended to make someone believe something that is not true; 2 : likely to make someone believe something that is not true
deceptive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Apr 14, 2025 · deceptive (comparative more deceptive, superlative most deceptive) Likely or attempting to deceive. Synonyms: misleading; see also Thesaurus: deceptive
What does deceptive mean? - Definitions.net
Deceptive refers to the act or practice of deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. It involves misleading, …
DECEPTIVE Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for DECEPTIVE: misleading, false, deceitful, deceiving, incorrect, specious, ambiguous, delusive; Antonyms of DECEPTIVE: straightforward, forthright, direct, plain, …
