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deception(noun, trick, lie, mistake, dishonest)
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distortion(noun, lie, dishonesty, error, story)
8
lying(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
8
misstatement(noun, trick, true, lie, sham)
8
tall tale(noun, expression, informal, true, lie)
7
fable(noun, literature, lie, nonfiction, fantasy)
7
sham(noun, trick, informal, deception, lie)
6
dissimulation(noun, division, lie, dishonesty, fraud)
6
duplicity(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery, fraud)
6
erroneousness(noun, correct, deception, true, lie)
6
fallaciousness(noun, lie, story, falseness, untruth)
6
fish story(noun, expression, informal, true, fantasy)
6
fraud(noun, deception, lie, dishonesty, story)
6
inveracity(noun, practice, true, lie, dishonesty)
6
myth(noun, literature, lie, mistake, nonfiction)
6
tall story(noun, expression, literature, lie, nonfiction)
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untruthfulness(noun, line, practice, deception, true)
6
yarn(noun, literature, line, lie, nonfiction)
5
canard(noun, report, line, claim, true)
5
delusion(noun, slip, deception, failure, fault)
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