SUBTERFUGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subterfuge mean? 

• SUBTERFUGE (noun)
  The noun SUBTERFUGE has 1 sense:

1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

  Familiarity information: SUBTERFUGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBTERFUGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blind; subterfuge

Context example:

the holding company was just a blind

Hypernyms ("subterfuge" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

 Context examples 

She wasn't able to endure being at a disadvantage, and given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard jaunty body.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)