What does hoax mean?
Definitions for hoax
hoʊkshoax
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hoax.
Princeton's WordNet
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onverb
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke onverb
subject to a playful hoax or joke
Wiktionary
hoaxnoun
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
hoaxverb
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Wikipedia
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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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 Dictionary
Hoaxnoun
a deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke
Hoaxverb
to deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively
Etymology: [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hoax in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hoax in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of hoax in a Sentence
After three years of lies, smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead the collusion delusion is over.
Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham.
What's really shocked us, since we started the company, is just the proliferation, particularly around health care, of hoax sites that are really in it for the money. They're in it for the ad revenue.
You have to believe in facts. Without facts there's no basis for cooperation. If I say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it's going to be hard for us to cooperate, i can't find common ground if somebody says that climate change just isn't happening, when almost all the world's scientists tell us it is. I don't know where to start talking to you about this. If you say it's an elaborate hoax, where do we start ?
They're scaring the living hell out of people, and I see it, again, as like, oh, let's bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.
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- خدعةArabic
- napálit, kachna, podvést, žert, podvod, mystifikaceCzech
- hereinlegen, anführen, Schabernack, Trick, StreichGerman
- φάρσαGreek
- filfa, bulo, farsaSpanish
- فریبPersian
- huijaus, huijataFinnish
- canular, duper, mystification, berner, intoxFrench
- מתחHebrew
- छलHindi
- átverésHungarian
- berita palsuIndonesian
- frodare, frodeItalian
- ペテンに掛ける, ペテン, 悪戯, でっち上げJapanese
- ವಂಚನೆKannada
- hoaxDutch
- puss, bedragNorwegian
- mistyfikacja, szalbierstwoPolish
- fraudar, fraudePortuguese
- cioara vopsitaRomanian
- трюк, разыгрывать, обман, розыгрыш, мистификация, разыгратьRussian
- గాలివార్తTelugu
- หลอกลวงThai
- şakaTurkish
- בלאָףYiddish
- 惡作劇Chinese
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