Both Uses of
deception
in
Childhood's End
- He tried to tell himself that it was some freak of the long-dead volcano, but soon abandoned this attempt at self-deception.†
Chpt 16 *
- For all our sojourn here has been based on a vast deception, a concealment of truth which you were not ready to face.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(deception) the act of lying to or misleading someone; or something that misleads