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{{Commons category|Deception}}
{{Cat main}}
'''Deception''' is the act of propagating a [[belief]] that is not [[truth|true]], or is not the whole truth (as in [[half-truths]] or [[Lie#Lying by omission|omission]]). Deception can involve dissimulation, [[propaganda]], and [[sleight of hand]], as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also [[self-deception]], as in [[bad faith]]. It can also be called, with varying subjective implications, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, ruse, or subterfuge.
{{See also cat|Secrecy}}
[[Category:Communication]]
[[Category:Human behavior]]
[[Category:Issues in ethics]]
[[Category:Ignorance]]
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{{Cat main}}
'''Deception''' is the act of propagating a [[belief]] that is not [[truth|true]], or is not the whole truth (as in [[half-truths]] or [[Lie#Lying by omission|omission]]). Deception can involve dissimulation, [[propaganda]], and [[sleight of hand]], as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also [[self-deception]], as in [[bad faith]]. It can also be called, with varying subjective implications, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, ruse, or subterfuge.
{{See also cat|Secrecy}}
[[Category:Communication]]
[[Category:Human behavior]]
[[Category:Issues in ethics]]
[[Category:Ignorance]]
{{CatAutoTOC}}