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phoniness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insincerity |
| Synonyms: | ambidexterity, ambidextrous, artificiality, backhanded, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disingenuous, disingenuousness, dissembling, dissimulating, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, fake*, false, hollow, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, phony*, pretentious, put-on, shifty, slick*, sly*, snide, two-faced, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypocrisy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness, pretense |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | forthrightness, honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth |
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax, trick |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, cant, caricature, cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, fakery, false front, farce, feint, flimflam, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, imitation, impostor, imposture, jive, mock, mockery, pharisaism, phoniness, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo*, put-on, sell, smoke*, snow job, spoof, travesty, whitewash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambidexterity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insincerity |
| Synonyms: | deceit, deception, dishonesty, disingenuousness, double-dealing, hypocrisy, phoniness |
| Main Entry: | artificiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insincerity |
| Synonyms: | deceit, deception, dishonesty, disingenuousness, double-dealing, hypocrisy, phoniness, unnaturalness |
| Main Entry: | disingenuousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insincerity |
| Synonyms: | ambidexterity, artificiality, deceit, deception, dishonesty, double-dealing, hypocrisy, phoniness |
| Main Entry: | pharisaism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sanctimoniousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sanctimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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