Meaning of deceptivity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality of being deceptive.
   uncountable, usually
2. Something that deceives.
   rare, uncountable, usually

Examples

“My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity.”

“Company-wide totals take on an iceberg-like deceptivity—what isn’t shown may be more important than what is.”

“Alas, if he look to the Seen Powers only, he may as well quit the business; his No-thing will never rightly issue as a Thing, but as a Deceptivity, a Sham-thing, — which it had better not do!”

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