noun
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the act or an instance of deceiving; a deceiving or lying; deceit.
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a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; esp., a pretense of virtue, piety, etc.
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a misapprehension of the true state of affairs; the faulty perception of an external object.
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an attraction or fascination exercised by a person, activity, quality, etc.
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a drug that causes the mind misapprehend the true facts or physical objects or make a person behave submissively to other's instructions.