jugglery
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- noun
- /ˈdʒʌɡləri/
- Archaic
- Many people were deceived by the magician's jugglery at the show.
Examples
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So too would Michel de Montaigne, who four centuries ago criticized as "jugglery ... those complications and convolutions of language with which the scholars drive us into a corner" (1958, 294).
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The politician's promises were nothing more than jugglery to win votes.
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His financial reports included jugglery that obscured the company's true profits.
Synonyms
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A clever trick to deceive someone
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To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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A trick used to cheat people, often to get their money
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An unfair action meant to harm or cheat someone
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A clever trick that deceives people or hides the truth
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Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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A skill of quick hand tricks to fool people, like a magician
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A trick that makes something look like real magic
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Making facts seem to mean something else
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Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage
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Making facts or numbers seem better than they are
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Dishonest actions that try to trick people
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Being clever in a dishonest or deceptive way that is hard to guess
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A clever or dishonest way to get something
Antonyms
How Deceptive
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- NSFW
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jugglery comes from an old word meaning 'to joke' and is the same root as juggle and joke, because performers long ago used quick, clever tricks to fool an audience. So jugglery can mean clever or dishonest trickery that is meant to confuse or mislead.