insincerity

noun

Definition of insinceritynext
as in deception
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have the insincerity of the family's professed concern for the environment is pretty much exposed by the gas-guzzler parked in the driveway

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincerity
  1. deception
  2. deceit
  3. hypocrisy
  4. affectation
  5. pretense
Noun
  • The series is inspired by the book The Woman Who Fooled the World by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, who helped uncover the details of Gibson's deception.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • That allowed the filmmakers to carefully choreograph her movements as her candy shop killer creates her lethal deceptions.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of deception
Noun
  • The film depicts a struggling impersonator of P. Ramlee, Malaysia’s most famous film director, who lives a life of deceit while trying to pay off debts and save his sister’s life.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Entrepreneurs, as well as their investors, partners, and employees risk becoming complicit in deceit when reality does not meet expectations.
    IESE Business School, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of deceit
Noun
  • The Pax Americana was ever imperfect and to many people in the world, from Vietnam to Iraq, smacked of hypocrisy.
    Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Later questions twist the knife even further, delving into white-guy hypocrisy around Black Lives Matter.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of hypocrisy
Noun
  • At 71, his only other visible rock-star affectations are a gold stud in one ear and a black beaded bracelet on his left wrist.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
  • His eccentricities — once easily dismissed as the affectations of a lonely man — read maniacal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of affectation
Noun
  • Electronic surveillance itself doesn’t make The Conversation a political film; Caul’s paranoia comes from his apolitical pretense.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But in his youth lies the reason for anonymity and pretense, Hoback claims.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of pretense
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