Definitions for subterfuge
ˈsʌb tərˌfyudʒsub·terfuge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. subterfuge, blindnoun

   something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

   "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. subterfugenoun

   An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.

   Japanese subterfuge in World War II nearly caused the Americans to lose the war.

2. subterfugenoun

   Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.

3. Etymology: Late 16th century. Directly or via French from late subterfugium, from subterfugio, from subter and fugio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subterfugenoun

   A shift; an evasion; a trick.

   Etymology: supterfuge, French; subter and fugio, Lat.

   The king cared not for subterfuges, but would stand envy, and appear in any thing that was to his mind. Francis Bacon.

   Notwithstanding all their sly subterfuges and studied evasions, yet the product of all their endeavours is but as the birth of the labouring mountains, wind and emptiness. Joseph Glanvill.

   Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. Isaac Watts.

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1. subterfuge

   Subterfuge is a strategy, trick, or a deceptive device used to conceal, avoid, or escape something. It often refers to a deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subterfugenoun

   that to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion

2. Etymology: [F., from LL. subterfugium, fr. L. subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape; subter under + fugere to flee. See Fugitive.]

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

1. Subterfuge

   sub′tėr-fūj, n. that to which one resorts for escape or concealment: an artifice to escape censure or the force of an argument: evasion. [Fr.,—L. subterfugĕre—subter, under, fugĕre, to flee.]

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1. • Misrepresentation

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of subterfuge in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of subterfuge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of subterfuge in a Sentence

1. Westwood One:

   Its happening right before our eyes, and its going to destroy the country, as they try to push us into a socialistic economic system and destroy whats left of our constitutional system, its been a subterfuge to undermine our constitutional system, to undermine our capitalist system, and to create this almost zen-like support for this radical agenda -- which hasas its purposeto destroy many of our freedom institutions in this country.

2. Adam Schiff:

   This is not transparency, only a further subterfuge.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=subterfuge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Subterfuge
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=subterfuge
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subterfuge
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=subterfuge