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deceptivity
/dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti/
noun 2
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2DECEPTIVITY + NOUN
isn, sham-thing, t
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noun
1
The quality of being deceptive.
My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity.
Company-wide totals take on an iceberg-like deceptivity—what isn’t shown may be more important than what is.
2
Something that deceives.
Alas, if he look to the Seen Powers only, he may as well quit the business; his No-thing will never rightly issue as a Thing, but as a Deceptivity, a Sham-thing, — which it had better not do!
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My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity.
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Company-wide totals take on an iceberg-like deceptivity—what isn’t shown may be more important than what is.
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Alas, if he look to the Seen Powers only, he may as well quit the business; his No-thing will never rightly issue as a Thing, but as a Deceptivity, a Sham-thing, — which it had better not do!
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