phoniness
NOUN
insincerity
Synonyms
WEAK
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
NOUN
hypocrisy
Synonyms
WEAK
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
pietism
quackery
sanctimoniousness
sanctimony
speciousness
tartuffery
two-facedness
unctuousness
Example Sentences
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Phoniness would be tough to pull off even if the Ripa case didn’t hinge on a set of facts about a workplace breakdown in communication that many viewers, particularly women, will likely find deeply relatable.
From Time • Apr. 26, 2016
