deceptive stratagem, ruse, contrivance
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Subterfuge Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThat to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.
Evasion
Noun
1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
(synonym) blind
(hypernym) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Subterfuge Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, bad faith, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. There is also self-deception as in bad faith.
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