Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deceptivity

/dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-cep-tiv-i-ty
IPA: /dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being deceptive.

Uncountable

noun

Something that deceives.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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!"

Etymology

From deceptive + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: deceptive

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

deceptivities (plural)

Synonyms

deceptiveness deception sham

Questions

How do you pronounce deceptivity?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti/.
What does deceptivity mean?: The quality of being deceptive.
Where does deceptivity come from?: From deceptive + -ity.

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