false sense of security
Definition of false sense of security
: a feeling of being safer than one really is The gun gave him a false sense of security.
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: not genuine
: intentionally untrue
: adjusted or made so as to deceive
: in a false or faithless manner : treacherously
: a meaning conveyed or intended : import, signification
: one of a set of meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as segregated in a dictionary entry
: the faculty of perceiving by means of sense organs
: to perceive by the senses (see 1sense 2)
: to be or become conscious of
: grasp, comprehend
: the quality or state of being secure: such as
: freedom from danger : safety
: freedom from fear or anxiety
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