trickery – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
trickery
n.
using tricks to deceive, deceiving, fooling
Trickster
In
mythology, and in the study of
folklore and
religion, a
trickster is a character in a story (
god,
goddess,
spirit,
man,
woman, or
anthropomorphisation), which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour. It is suggested by G.P. Hansen that the term "Trickster" was probably first used in this context by
Daniel G. Brinton in 1885.
trickery
Noun
1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
(synonym) hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery
(hypernym) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
(derivation) trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
2. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
(synonym) chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
(hypernym) deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
(hyponym) fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
(derivation) trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
trickery
n.
podvod; lest
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