Dupery meaning

Noun: dupery

Pronunciation:  (d(y)oo-pu-ree)

Dupery meaning:

• Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Synonyms: on, spoof

Derived forms: duperies
Quotations:

1. Thomas Jefferson – There exists indeed an opposition to it by the friends of William and Mary, which is not strong. The most restive is that of the priests of the different religious sects, who dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of day-light; and scowl on it the fatal harbinger announcing the subversion of the duperies on which they live. In this the Presbyterian clergy take the lead. The tocsin is sounded in all their pulpits, and the first alarm denounced is against the particular creed of Doctor.
2. Philip Stokes – What proof is there that dupery through hope is so much worse than dupery through fear?
3. Richard Dawkins – The priests of the different religious sects dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight, and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subdivision of the duperies on which they live.

Sample sentences:

1. Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.
2. The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature.
3. Everyone wants to be a God. We manufacture our own worlds, duping ourselves with things to escape the reality we call our lives. Bigger houses, newer cars and designer clothes are the universes we invent to exert our god-like rule. We can’t control the weather, but it’s always a perfect seventy-two degrees in our central-air controlled worlds.