Category:Deception

Deception is the act of propagating a belief that is not true, or is not the whole truth (as in half-truths or 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.

Subcategories

This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 42 total.

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Lying (8 C, 43 P)

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Magic (illusion) (14 C, 36 P)
Masks (13 C, 9 P)
Military deception (6 C, 23 P)
Misinformation (4 C, 36 P)
Misuse of statistics (27 P)

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Obfuscation (15 C, 16 P)

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Passing (sociology) (4 C, 20 P)
Perverting the course of justice (1 C, 5 P)
Propaganda (13 C, 59 P)
Pseudo-scholarship (5 C, 12 P)
Pseudofossils (5 P)
Pseudohistory (24 C, 224 P)
Pseudoscience (73 C, 472 P)

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Scientific misconduct (5 C, 32 P)
Sleight of hand (3 C, 52 P)
Social deduction games (2 C, 10 P)

T

Tricksters (2 C, 4 P)

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Pages in category "Deception"

The following 114 pages are in this category, out of approximately 257 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

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