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DECEITFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deceitfulness mean?
• DECEITFULNESS (noun)
The noun DECEITFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being crafty
Familiarity information: DECEITFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being crafty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
craftiness; deceitfulness; guile
Hypernyms ("deceitfulness" is a kind of...):
disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)
Derivation:
deceitful (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another)
deceitful (intended to deceive)
Context examples
A disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence age group characterized by aggressive behavior, deceitfulness, destruction of property or violation of rules that is persistent and repetitive, and within a one year period.
(Conduct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
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