deceptiveness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /dɪˈsɛptɪvnəs/ UK /dɪˈseptɪvnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being misleading or deceptive The ad's deceptiveness drew a regulator's fine. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... deceitduplicitymisleadingnessspeciousnessfalseness ↔ Opposites honestycandortransparencygenuineness Word family Related forms deceptivedeceptiondeceive Etymology AI details From deceptive (from Latin dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere 'to deceive') plus -ness. Dēcipere is from de- plus capere ('to take'). dēcipere Latin capere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # deceptiveness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈsɛptɪvnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈseptɪvnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being misleading or deceptive ## Examples - The ad's deceptiveness drew a regulator's fine. ## Synonyms - deceit - duplicity - misleadingness - speciousness - falseness ## Antonyms - honesty - candor - transparency - genuineness ## Related Forms - deceptive - deception - deceive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dēcipere - Root: capere ## Etymology From deceptive (from Latin dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere 'to deceive') plus -ness. Dēcipere is from de- plus capere ('to take'). ## AI Etymology Deceptiveness is from deceptive (from Latin dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere 'to deceive') plus -ness. Dēcipere is from de- plus capere ('to take'). The ancestry passes through Latin dēcipere and Latin capere. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -ness marks an abstract noun of quality or state, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the quality of being misleading or deceptive", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include deceptive, deception, and deceive. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown