Definitions for hoax
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onverb

   something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

2. hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke onverb

   subject to a playful hoax or joke

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. hoaxnoun

   Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

2. hoaxverb

   To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoax

   A hoax is a widely publicized falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions to gull its victims into putting up the highest possible social currency in support of the hoax.Whereas the promoters of frauds, fakes, and scams devise them so that they will withstand the highest degree of scrutiny customary in the affair, hoaxers are confident, justifiably or not, that their representations will receive no scrutiny at all. They have such confidence because their representations belong to a world of notions fundamental to the victims' views of reality, but whose truth and importance they accept without argument or evidence, and so never question. Some hoaxers intend eventually to unmask their representations as in fact a hoax so as to expose their victims as fools; seeking some form of profit, other hoaxers hope to maintain the hoax indefinitely, so that it is only when sceptical persons willing to investigate their claims publish their findings that at last they stand revealed as hoaxers.

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1. hoax

   A hoax is a deliberate act of deception, typically intended to mislead or trick people into believing or accepting something that is false as true. It is often created for entertainment, to gain profit, or to provoke certain actions or reactions from individuals, media, or the public. This can include false rumors, fraudulent claims, scams, or pranks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoaxnoun

   a deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke

2. Hoaxverb

   to deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively

3. Etymology: [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]

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1. Hoax

   A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoax

   hōks, n. a deceptive trick: a practical joke.—v.t. to deceive: to play a trick upon for sport, or without malice.—ns. Hoaxee′; Hoax′er; Hoax′ing. [Corr. of hocus. See Hocus-pocus.]

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1. HOAX

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hoax in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hoax in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hoax in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham.

2. Donald Trump:

   Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham, there was nothing done wrong. To use the power of impeachment for this nonsense is an embarrassment to this country.

3. Donald Trump:

   First it was the Russia hoax -- then it was the Mueller witch hunt, weve been going through this from before the election took place. A bunch of bad people, and then, one of the single greatest lies ever told by anybody in this government. ... and now the absolutely crazed lunatics, the Democrats, the radical left, and their media partners standing right back there, are pushing the deranged impeachment witch hunt, for doing nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong -- and theyre doing nothing.

4. Donald Trump:

   And for them to be doing this, saying this and putting an impeachment on the table, which is a hoax....

5. President Donald Trump:

   Hoax referring to the action that they take to try and pin this on somebody, i'm not talking about what's happening here, I'm talking about what they're doing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hoax
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hoax
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoax
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hoax
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hoax