belie
verbTo contradict an appearance or suggest that something is misleading.
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nounAn obvious or misleading pretense that hides the real situation.
deceit
nounThe act of deliberately misleading someone through false statements or appearances.
deception
nounThe act of leading someone to believe something false, or a device used to do so.
delusion
nounA strongly held false belief or misleading impression.
False belief or impression
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facade
nounA building's front, or a misleading outward appearance.
Misleading appearance
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fallacious
adjectiveBased on faulty reasoning or a mistaken assumption.
illusive
adjectiveBased on or producing a misleading appearance or illusion.
A false or misleading account of facts, views, or events.
prevaricate
verbTo avoid being fully truthful by using evasive statements.
skew
verbTo distort or give an uneven direction to something.
sophist
nounA person who uses clever but misleading reasoning; also a member of an ancient Greek teaching tradition.
Clever but misleading reasoner
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specious
adjectiveAppearing convincing or correct while actually being misleading or unsound.
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