deceptive

deceptive (dɪˈsɛptɪv)

—*adj*
1.	likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive
2.	music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted

de'ceptively

—*adv*

de'ceptiveness

—n

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Word Origin & History

deceptive

1610s, from Fr. deceptif (late 14c.), from M.L. deceptivus, from decept-, pp. stem of L. decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from Fr. deceptieux, from M.L. deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively (1825).

Example sentences

Through deceptive marketing techniques, they've turned this requirement into a

multimillion-dollar business.

Few players realize that there are considerable opportunities for effective

deceptive plays in the trump suit.

But appearances and rhetoric may be a little deceptive.

The problem of deceptive advertising may only get worse as the use of herbal

remedies grows.

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Matching Quote

"The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength—each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence."

-Simone De Beauvoir