Artifice
Artifice noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: a crook who is a master of artifice and manipulation
Hypocrisy and artifice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypocrisy" instead a noun "Artifice".
Nearby Words: artificial, artificer
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy noun - The pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have.
Artifice and hypocrisy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artifice" instead a noun "Hypocrisy".
Nearby Words: hypocritical, hypocrite
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pretence and artifice
- pretence and hypocrisy
- sham and artifice
- sham and hypocrisy
- deception and artifice
- deception and hypocrisy
- cunning and artifice
- cunning and hypocrisy
- double-dealing and artifice
- double-dealing and hypocrisy
- craft and artifice
- craft and hypocrisy
- fraud and artifice
- fraud and hypocrisy
How words are described
| pure | pure artifice | pure hypocrisy |
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Hypocrisy and Artifice. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/artifice/hypocrisy
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