Definition of "deceptiveness" [de•cep•tive•ness]

• The state or quality of being deceptive (noun)

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• "The veil's deceptiveness is most clearly demonstrated in the final scene of the tale when Zelica dons the Prophet's veil, after he has poisoned his followers and killed himself in a vat of acid (which he hopes will dissolve his deformed face and preserve his legend)."
• "College mates of Taylor will recall the deceptiveness of this outward appearance."
• "The chief cause of his deceptiveness was the fabrication of circumstantial narrative, and the invention of exact numerical accounts."