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Dupery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The act of duping or the condition of having been duped.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act or practice of duping.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The art of deceiving or imposing upon the credulity of others; the ways or methods of a duper.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Word Usage

"Prog blogs is no doubt over flowing with tales of how Iggy is the superior choice, a statesman, a man of the people, a Canadian full of Canadian Canadianishness with just a dash of leaderific super dupery to boot."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wile trickery guile shenanigan chicanery chicane

Hyponym

goldbrick

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

deception trickery

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

self-aggrandisement phonies backstabbing non-believer undervaluation frame-up illegalities