Deceit and Illusion

Deceit

Deceit noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.

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Illusion and deceit are semantically related in deception topic. In some cases you can use "Illusion" instead a noun "Deceit".

Illusion noun - The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas.

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Deceit and illusion are semantically related in deception topic. Sometimes you can use "Deceit" instead a noun "Illusion".

Nearby Words: illusory, illusive, illusionist, illusively

elaborate	elaborate deceit	elaborate illusion
mental	mental deceit	mental illusion

Rather than being an unfathomably powerful opponent, he is portrayed as a cunning trickster who corrupts mortals through illusion and deceit.

Source: Evil Overlord
He claims this is the case, which is how he got his name (he named himself, actually), but he does tend to use deceit and dishonesty many times in non-verbal ways, using illusion to prey on victims.

Source: Cannot Tell a Lie
Applejack's Element of Deceit can allow her to trick her mind into bypassing certain types of magic as well while the Element of Honesty, when its Personality Powers kick in, generally allows the user to No Sell illusion magic.

Source: Anti-Magic

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