Deceit and Magic

Deceit

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

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Magic and deceit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Magic" instead a noun "Deceit".

Magic noun - The power to control natural forces through supernatural means.

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Deceit and magic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deceit" instead a noun "Magic".

Nearby Words: magical, magician, mage, magically

human	human deceit	human magic
genuine	genuine deceit	genuine magic

Could be an avert trope as interpretations of the Qur'an define working with magic as a form of trickery and deceit, which makes it forbidden, but it has no effect in reality.

Source: Literature / The Qur'an aka: Quran
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
Which, as in Dungeons & Dragons, are malevolent humanoid monsters whose culture basically revolves around Black Magic, murder, deceit and snacking on infants.

Source: Raised by Orcs

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