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单词 kidology
释义

Definition of kidology in English:

kidology

noun kɪˈdɒlədʒi
mass nounBritish informal
  • The art or practice of deliberately deceiving or teasing people.

    〈非正式,主英〉骗人术;骗人行为;戏弄术;戏弄他人的行为

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Maybe it's kidology, but he reckons the chance of surviving this season is only 10%.
    • But that was just another bit of O'Leary kidology.
    • I doubt very much that O'Connor would be fooled by this sort of juvenile kidology.
    • And he was presumably using kidology when he said: ‘on current form and league positions we don't have a chance, but we'll give it a good go.’
    • And he is having none of what he sees as kidology from the other side, downplaying their chances.
    Synonyms
    deceit, deception, duplicity, lying, falseness, falsity, falsehood, untruthfulness

Origin

1960s: formed irregularly from the verb kid2 + -logy.

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