DISINGENUOUSNESS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word disingenuousness. (close relations)
disingenuously
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deceitfulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being deceitful | ||||||||
deception | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||||
dishonesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||||
duplicity | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | ||||||||
falseness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being false or untrue • unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | ||||||||
hypocrisy | nounn | |||||||
noun • an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction • insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have | ||||||||
insincerity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | ||||||||
pretense | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance |