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  • 51deceptive cadence — noun a falling cadence in which the ear expects the a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead …

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  • 52deceptive advertising — See misleading advertising …

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  • 53deceptive marketing — /dəsɛptɪv ˈmakətɪŋ/ (say duhseptiv mahkuhting) noun a marketing practice which falsely represents goods or services in some way, as by implying that they are of a particular standard, quality, grade, or value when they are not, or that they are… …

  • 54APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control — The APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion and Control (DIMPAC[1]) formed at the request of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1983. The APA asked Margaret Singer, one of the leading proponents of theories… …

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  • 55Misleading or deceptive conduct — (often referred to as just misleading conduct) is a doctrine of Australian law. Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), which is found in schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (formerly the Trade Practices Act 1974)… …

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  • 56appearances are deceptive — A common US form is appearances are deceiving. 1666 G. TORRIANO Italian Proverbs 12 Appearance oft deceives. 1784 in Collections of Massachusetts Hist. Society (1877) III. 186 The appearances in those mountainous regions are extremely deceptive.… …

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  • 57be deceptive — index misstate, palter Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 58Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act — One version of a baby F.T.C. Act that provides private remedies for a variety of unfair and deceptive acts, including false advertising and disparagement. The remedies under this particular uniform statute, as enacted by certain states, are… …

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  • 59self-deceptive — See self deception. * * * …

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  • 60self-deceptive — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : self deceiving …

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