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Discover LudwigThe phrase "deceptions of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the misleading or false nature of something, often in a context related to manipulation or trickery.
Example: "The deceptions of the advertising industry can lead consumers to make poor choices."
Alternatives: "tricks of" or "lies of".
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On a trans-Atlantic cruise, multiple characters experience the deceptions of magic, relationships and language itself.
As noted, the real issue before the committee is the deceptions of the NSA.
"This is similar to other deceptions of which we are aware from other recent periods".
Truth briefly swept aside the deceptions of public form and left reality exposed.
With a magician's eye of his own, he deciphered the deceptions of the craftsmen.
The deceptions of le Carré's spooks, however, depended on the spacious geography of international espionage.
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Read Kristen Roupenian on the self-deceptions of dating.
Initially the family seems unshackled from the self-deceptions of bourgeois life, but this apparent liberation precedes a total demoralisation.
The slipperiness of memory and the self-deceptions of the mind compromise the notion of an absolute truth.
The delusions and the self-deceptions of both types of Republican are on flamboyant display in Wolff's book.
If the book is superbly clear-sighted about marriage, it is nearly as penetrating on the deceptions (and self-deceptions) of personality.
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