as deceiving—and just as devastating.
You might be wondering how we can lie with silence. To
Definition of lie
Explains how silence
lie means “to tell something that is untrue.” But it also
is also a lie
means “to be deceptive.” There are many ways we
deceive. Words are one way; silence is another.
There’s a difference between being silent because you
don’t want someone to know something and being silent
because you want someone to think something that isn’t
true. The first is not a lie; it is not deceptive. The second,
however, is a lie; the aim is to deceive. For example,
imagine that I am in a job interview. If I don’t tell you that I
went to three different colleges, that’s not a lie. But if I
know you assume that I’ve graduated, and I don’t tell you
that I don’t have a college degree, I am deliberately
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