disingenuousness
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8.8
- noun
- /ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəsnəs/
:
deshonestidad
- Her disingenuousness during the interview made it hard for the panel to trust her statements.
- just disingenuousness
I like Meghan Markle, but there's a disingenuousness to her new series that people people get so angry about it.
- I like Meghan Markle, but there's a disingenuousness to her new series that people people get so angry about it.
Examples
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Once disingenuousness is accepted, or worse encouraged, the camel of dishonesty has its nose inside the tent of science.
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I agree that their "advertising" of Prop 32 has reached new heights of disingenuousness.
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But "disingenuousness" is at the core of many of the problems in the climate research community today.
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Sorry, given Gates' disingenuousness and all the information, I see two scenarios.
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Yes, I believe I catch a whiff of disingenuousness here too.
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Again, the issue of disingenuousness arises.
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The post was not written out of political expedience or disingenuousness.
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There is neither need nor justification for disingenuousness.
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One facet of the disingenuousness that is quite common is to pretend that peer review is much more than it is.
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Then, as I followed the competing side, I noticed an obvious strain of disingenuousness and a tendency to repeat fallacious arguments.
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Synonyms
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An action that makes someone believe something not true
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Pretending to have moral beliefs you do not follow
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Dishonest action meant to trick someone
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Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
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To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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Dishonest behavior that hides true intentions to trick someone
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A habit of often telling lies that makes it difficult for people to trust you
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Not showing true feelings when you speak or act
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The quality of seeming false and not sincere
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Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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Trying to make other people believe something that is not true
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Secret actions that are dishonest or unfair to get what you want
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Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
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Dishonest behaviour that aims to get money or other unfair personal gain
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Dishonest behavior of pretending one thing but doing another
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A quality that makes something seem true when it is false
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Dishonest or sneaky behaviour to get what you want
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Dishonest behavior by a person or group
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Dishonest words or actions that try to trick people
Act of showing a friendly face while hiding true feelings
The quality of making people believe something that is not true
A person's secretive way of acting that makes others not trust them
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
A false, not sincere way of speaking or behaving that hides true feelings
Behavior that hides the truth to mislead people
Antonyms
How Sincere
Surface Forms
Morphology
disingenuousness = disingenuous (semi-transparent) = dis + ingenuous + ness
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'disingenuous' meaning the state or quality of being disingenuous.
Etymology
Disingenuousness is built from the beginning dis- 'not' plus ingenuous 'open' or 'honest', so it means the quality of being not honest or pretending to be less involved than you really are. A helpful way to remember it is to think of genuine 'real'—disingenuousness is when someone is not 'real' or is pretending.